Despite improved health, pope picks cardinals to lead Holy Week liturgies
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis is going without supplemental oxygen for longer periods and is continuing therapy to recover his voice and to recover his...
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Bronze sculpture in St Peter’s Square offers message of hospitality
By Justin McLellan, CNS – A new bronze sculpture installed in St Peter’s Square, near the showers and medical clinic the Vatican runs for people in need,...
Vatican Updates Norms for Special Mass Intentions
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Catholic faithful do not “buy” Masses, but when a priest accepts an offering and promises to celebrate a Mass for that person’s...
Mass Readings: 20 April – 27 April, 2025
Liturgical Calendar Year C – Weekday Cycle Year I Sunday April 20, Easter Sunday Acts 10: 34a. 37-43/ Ps 118: 1-2. 16-17. 22-23/ Col 3: 1-4 or...
Good Friday Prayer
On this day we commemorate Jesus our saviour dying on the cross for our sins and leading us to eternal life with the Father.
Doing the Will Of God Even When It’s Hard
By James Katende – Doing the will of God, especially when it is hard, is one of the greatest challenges and highest callings that any believer can...
Jesus is Sweeter Than Candy! Cardinal Brislin delights over 600 kids at Heart Candy Catechesis Symposium
By Kati Dijane – The air at St John Bosco Youth Centre in Walkerville was thick with giggles, prayers, and the excited shuffling of little feet on...
Denomination Relations: Anglicans
In our ongoing series, “Denomination Relations”, Jason Scott explores the history, shared beliefs, and differences between Catholics and other Christian denominations. This week, he turns his attention...
On Palm Sunday, recovering pope says to carry the cross with compassion
By Justin McLellan,CNS – Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering — it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope...
Remembering Leonardo Da Vinci: Eccentric Genius, Faithful Catholic
By Jason Scott – Reckless. Gifted. Provocative. Irreverent. Intelligent. Courageous. It’s a crazy bag of labels, but over the years, the man at the centre of this tale...
