Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, gives the homily during a two-hour Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 18, 2025 / 13:29 pm (CNA). Rather than an “artificial” intelligence, Christ’s death teaches us the authentic “intelligence of the cross,” which…

U.S. Vice President JD Vance (right) and his family attend the Vatican’s Liturgy for the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 18, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his family attended the Vatican’s Liturgy for the Lord’s…

A damaged bus and vehicles after a Russian missile strike on Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 13, 2025. / Credit: AP Photo/Volodymyr Hordiienko Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 18, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week: Palm Sunday bombing in Ukraine claims 34…

A Senákulo performance in Marinduque, Philippines. / Credit: Brahma C. Foz Manila, Philippines, Apr 18, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Every Holy Week, streets across the Philippines transform into open-air stages for one of the country’s most unique and deeply rooted Catholic traditions: the “Senákulo,” a dramatic reenactment of the passion, death, and resurrection of…

A Greek Orthodox monk pours oil into the lamps in front of the edicule of the Holy Sepulcher, which contains the venerated tomb. The three communities responsible for the Holy Sepulcher are the Greek Orthodox, the Latin Catholic, and the Armenian. Every movement and schedule inside the basilica is governed by the Status Quo. /…