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Adoration. / Thoom / Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Mar 28, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Did you know that it is possible to sing a special song of adoration on Holy Thursday and have your soul purified? It’s true, and the song is “Tantum Ergo.” First, some background… A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by…
A stripped altar on Holy Thursday 2015 at Mater Dei Parish in Irving, Texas. / Credit: Mater Dei Latin Mass parish via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Denver, Colo., Mar 28, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). At the end of the season of Lent — and right before Easter — the Catholic Church observes the “sacred…
Workers continue to investigate and search for victims after the cargo ship Dali collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse yesterday, on March 27, 2024, in Baltimore. / Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 27, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA). In the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s…
The Brotherhood of the Holy Supper processes through Seville, Spain, on Holy Monday, March 25, 2024. / Credit: Joaquín Carmona Seville, Spain, Mar 27, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA). Holy Week in Seville is one of Spain’s most impressive, picturesque Catholic traditions. The faithful and members of some 70 community-based brotherhoods and confraternities prepare each…
Archbishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus of Quito presided over a solemn Mass in the Basilica of the National Vow in the Ecuadorian capital to renew the country’s consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. / Credit: International Eucharistic Congress 2024 ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 27, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Quito and…
On Holy Wednesday, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land venerated the column to which, according to tradition, Jesus was bound to be scourged. They prayed the station dedicated to the column during the daily procession that the Franciscans perform inside the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher. At the end, they intoned the…
Catholic faithful offer prayers during an Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Mary’s Basilica in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad in India on Feb. 14, 2024. / Credit: NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images Bangalore, India, Mar 27, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). A watchdog group that monitors violence committed against Christians in India has released…
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at 40 Wall Street on March 25, 2024, in New York City. / Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images CNA Staff, Mar 27, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA). Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump this week is advertising United States-themed Bibles ahead of Easter, urging supporters to…
Students and teachers from Jerusalem Christian schools walk the Way of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. The yearly event was organized by the Custody of the Holy Land on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, on the occasion of Lent. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Rome Newsroom, Mar 27, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Pope…
Asian elephant. / Credit: Filiz Elaerts / Unsplash (CC0) CNA Newsroom, Mar 27, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Despite repeated protests from Catholic bishops, wildlife attacks continue to pose a severe threat to the lives and properties of both Catholics and other residents in the Southern Indian state of Kerala. On Wednesday, local media reported…
