In his third Meditation for Lent 2025, Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini, the Preacher of the Papal Household, offers a reflection on ‘Knowing How to Rise Again: the Joy of the Resurrection’. Here, ...

There's a reason why Catholics cover statues, crosses, and even some artwork during Lent, and it has everything to do with ...

As on every fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome displayed the Veil of Veronica for public veneration. But what ...

“Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.” At the Mass for Ash Wednesday, that refrain is prayed after each verse of the ...

The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law bring forward a woman, and the accusers want the strictest punishment meted out: ...

Fourth graders at St. Adalbert Catholic Academy in Elmhurst, Queens make Stations of the Cross out of different art media.

Devotees walk behind a wooden cross during a religious procession as an act of penance and solidarity with the most ...

Many people choose to give up something during this season as an exercise in self-denial. Might we not instead ask God what ...

The diocesan Day of Penance and Mercy and events of Holy Week and Triduum are opportunities to deepen relationships with ...

As the midday sun filtered through the colorful stained-glass windows depicting scenes from the Bible, including the crucifixion and resurrection, sounds of the organ filled the wooden sanctuary with ...

“What we’re going to do is heavily lean into the four blasphemies, kind of representing an alternate to the stations of the cross,” Stewart said. Christians are observing Lent, 40 days of prayer and ...

On the door to my office at Brighton Presbyterian Church, there’s a wooden cross in the ... For Christians, the cross is most prominent during the Lenten season. As one who attended Catholic ...