In an incident described as unprecedented, Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, along with Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land and the official responsible for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, from entering the church as they made their way to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass. According to a joint…
LUANDA, Angola — The coordinator of the communications commission of the preparatory committee for the planned apostolic visit of Pope Leo XIV to Angola has urged journalists to deepen their understanding of the Catholic Church to ensure accurate and responsible reporting on the upcoming papal trip. Speaking on March 21 during the Jubilee of Angolan…
A new audio podcast is bringing the Gospels to life through a new kind of experience. “The Christ,” a four-part audio dramatization of Jesus’ life — from his birth in the manger to his triumphant resurrection — is the first-ever full-scale dramatization of Jesus’ life and ministry produced in this format. With over 100 distinct…
This text is taken from The Liturgical Year, authored by Dom Prosper Gueranger (1841-1875) Early in the morning of this day, Jesus sets out for Jerusalem, leaving Mary, his Mother, and the two sisters Martha and Mary Magdalene, and Lazarus, at Bethania. The Mother of Sorrows trembles at seeing her Son thus expose himself to…
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the liturgies of Holy Week and the Easter Triduum for the first time as pope this week. Palm Sunday marks the start of the one of the busiest and fullest liturgical periods of the year for the Catholic Church and the Vatican, where Leo will celebrate five…
Reading his biography, one can hardly understand why a professor of theology and philosophy like Monsignor Brunero Gherardini was attacked so vehemently.[1] Born in 1925 in Prato (Tuscany), he died at the venerable age of 92—in 2017—in Santa Marinella (Rome). Throughout his entire life dedicated to serving the Church, Gherardini followed a consistent intellectual and…
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