Suel Ambrose, a seminarian at the Claretian University of Nigeria, died on Good Friday while performing in a representation of the Passion of Christ on the campus located in Owerri, a city in the southeast of the African country. On the Facebook of the Catholic Broadcast Commission, Nigeria, it was […]
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Today begins the Octave of Easter 2022
Today, April 17, Resurrection Sunday, Easter Season begins, that is, the liturgical period of fifty days begins in which the Catholic Church celebrates the pinnacle of the work of salvation: the Resurrection of Christ, the Lord . The Easter Season -also known as the Fifty Easter Season- concludes with the […]
Why doesn’t Pope Francis preside over the Easter Vigil 2022?
Pope Francis does not preside over the Easter Vigil 2022 this Holy Saturday, but Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, does so instead. However, the Holy Father is in St. Peter’s Basilica and accompanies the celebration, and is expected to lead various liturgical moments and deliver […]
Today Benedict XVI turns 95!
Today, April 16, Holy Saturday, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI turns 95, and in three days the anniversary of his election in 2005 as the successor of Saint Peter will also be remembered. Benedict XVI, whose baptismal name is Joseph Ratzinger, was born in Marktl am Inn, in the Diocese of […]
Good Friday in Ukraine: Cardinal envoy of the Pope prays on his knees before mass grave
Polish Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, sent by Pope Francis to Ukraine to celebrate Holy Week, prayed on his knees this Good Friday before a mass grave near the capital kyiv, where at least 80 people “without a name or surname” are buried. The Vatican Press Office reported that this afternoon, returning […]
Via Crucis: what is it and how is it done?
On Good Friday, Catholics usually participate in the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) in which Christ’s path is spiritually traveled to Mount Calvary, while carrying the cross to be crucified. The Via Crucis also receives the names of Stations of the Cross, Way of the Cross and Via Dolorosa, […]
Mass of the Lord’s Supper: Do not tire of asking for forgiveness, Jesus awaits us until the end
Pope Francis celebrated this Holy Thursday the Mass of the Lord’s Supper in a prison in Italy, from where he exhorted the faithful not to tire of asking Jesus for forgiveness, because He forgives everything and waits until the end. The Press Office reported that this April 14, before 3:00 […]
Today Holy Thursday is also celebrated the day of the priest
Today Holy Thursday, the day Jesus instituted the Sacrament of Priestly Order, is also celebrated on the day of the priest. “This day is especially big for us, dear brother priests. It is the feast of the priests. It is the day on which our Priesthood was born, which is […]
Pope Francis visits Benedict XVI to greet him for his next birthday
The Vatican Press Office reported that this Wednesday Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, to greet him for his 95th birthday, which he will celebrate on April 16, Holy Saturday. “This afternoon, after 6:00 p.m., Pope Francis went to the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, visiting the Pope Emeritus for his […]
Today is Holy Wednesday, the day of betrayal
Today, Holy Wednesday, Lent concludes and, at the same time, the first part of Holy Week, the Big Week, ends. Tomorrow, Thursday, the Easter Triduum begins, the core of the Church’s celebrations. On this day the darkest episode in the life of Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, is remembered. […]