Whoever the Beloved Disciple at the Last Supper is, on that retreat I was being invited to take that place—to be the Beloved ...

For more than 20 years, Father Raymond de Souza has preached the “Seven Last Words” devotion, a traditional meditation on the seven times Jesus speaks from the cross on Good Friday. Made famous in ...

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

Being vigilant against the threat posed to our souls by sin or the harm caused by injustice (whether to ourselves or to ...

You have to draw close to hear the words, for a crucified man struggles to speak, his lungs crushed under the pressure of his ...

The novus ordo has undergone further revision since its introduction. We are now in the third typical edition of the Roman Missal first promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 2002 with amendments in 2008 ...

For over 50 years, Catholic Theological Union (CTU) has been educating and preparing men and women to serve God’s people throughout the world. Founded in 1968 in the spirit and vision of the ...

Pope John XXIII. The Pontiff replied promptly, saying that he was requesting an analysis of the “Good Friday” liturgy from the Sacred Congregation Just before this year’s “Good Friday ...

Pope John XXIII today completed the procedure started ... yesterday ordered that the Good Friday liturgy should from now on read “Remus pro Ileitis.” (Let us pray for the Jews.) ...

Assad’s Syria collapsed in a brief moment, like a sandcastle broken by the tide, when the army of his opponents, starting from Idlib and led by the charismatic al-Jolani, occupied its most important ...

“Finally, and this will reflect my Middle Western Protestant upbringing,” Elder wrote, “McCone’s dealings with the Vatican, including Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI, would and could ...