Forty-two cardinals, 42 bishops and 1,800 priests living in Rome concelebrated the Mass. Holy Thursday marks the institution ...

Around the time the Vatican announced the death of Pope Francis, music floated out from a church in a Kosovo valley where ...

On Holy Thursday ... mind, and spirit, to take away every pain, every infirmity, and every sickness.” The blessed oil will be used for the anointing of the sick in Rome throughout the year.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that ...

More than 180 priests from around the Diocese of Phoenix — the largest turnout in more than a decade — gathered with Bishop John Dolan, Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo Nevares and Bishop Emeritus Thomas ...

The Blessing of Holy Oils, Chrism Mass, and priest day was observed at Milagres Cathedral, Kallianpur, under the Udupi diocese on Thursday, April 10. The Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo, bishop of Udupi diocese, ...

For the second consecutive time, a very rare occurrence in the history of supplying oil for the consecration of Holy Thursday in the Vatican, the oil produced by a Sicilian company from Ispica, ...

The Paschal Triduum or Easter Triduum is a three-day commemoration of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

During the Chrism Mass on April 14, 2025 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy (at center ...

In the Holy Orthodox Church, the Sacrament of Holy Unction is a powerful and comforting sacrament, one that speaks deeply to both our physical and spiritual needs. It is a sacrament of healing, ...