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Above: Christ in the House of Simon by Dieric Bouts (1440s). This was the Gospel for Passion Thursday in which an earlier, similar episode took place. Tractate 50 (John 11:55-12) Yesterday’s lesson in the holy Gospel, on which we spoke as the Lord enabled us, is followed by today’s, on which we purpose to speak…
Criminals are posing as representatives of Catholic Charities in order to target and steal money from immigrants in the United States, making off with sometimes tens of thousands of dollars after promising immigration services to desperate migrants. The scams have appeared in multiple states, with advocates scrambling to protect immigrants from being robbed by thieves…
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Pope Leo XIV on Palm Sunday sharply condemned war and the use of religion to justify violence, saying during Mass in St. Peter’s Square that God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.” At the start of Holy Week, the pope tied the Church’s contemplation of Christ’s Passion to the suffering…
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…
