Tag: Holy Week

“For you have received a great mission: to bear witness before everyone to the joy born of friendship with Christ,” Pope Francis said.

The pontiff urged for peace and prayed for God to “convert the hearts of those who plan, organize, and carry out these inhuman actions”.

This year’s appeal comes against the backdrop of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, which has had a devastating effect on the civilian population

Varghese’s gesture symbolizes Christ washing the feet of his 12 disciples during the Last Supper

Even as we painfully wait, God is in solidarity with the loneliness of our waiting. God will soon vindicate us.

Some 20,000 people took part in the ceremony at the Colosseum in Rome, which was dedicated to victims of conflict

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, as the Apostolic Administrator of Myitkyina diocese in Myanmar, has been in Kachin state since before Palm Sunday.

Some go to extreme lengths to atone for sins or seek divine intervention in rituals frowned on by the Church

Participation in the Lenten festival has become a religious vow for residents -- men and women

Pope Francis said he will repeat Jesus’ gesture of the washing of the feet as a reminder of the lesson to help one another