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Pope Leo XIV will formally take up his role as leader of the global Catholic Church on Sunday, with a Mass in St. Peter's ...
While the liturgical legacy of Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, may have flown under the radar for many, several experts told OSV News his 12-year papacy made ... to the liturgical calendar, ...
For Pope Francis, the liturgy both defied easy definition, and yet could also be encapsulated in just a couple of sentences: "It is an act that founds the whole Christian experience and, therefore, ...
With the election of a new pope, some have reexamined an alleged prophecy by a 12th century Irish saint who predicted the ...
The Church's liturgical year revolves around the Paschal Mystery ... Easter Sunday is the "feast of feasts" in the Catholic Church, often referred to as the "greatest day of celebration ...
Around 6 a.m., thousands of people began to file into St. Peter’s Square for Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass. Thousands of volunteers from the Red Cross and other groups took positions in the streets ...
(photo: Solène Tadié / National Catholic ... this year’s pilgrimage will not begin at the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral but instead at St. Sulpice Church. In an April 17 email ...
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Lent is underway in the Christian world, although it mainly impacts monks and restaurant owners, who quickly devise Lenten ...
“For us, it does not matter whether he is African, white, or Black. What matters is having a good, holy pope who can unite ...
The 88-year-old pontiff, who is limiting his public appearances on doctors' orders, skipped an outdoor ceremony for Good Friday.
But the church's pastor, Msgr. Michael A. Shershanovich, called an audible and held Mass in honor of Francis, who died Monday a little more than 12 years into his service as head of the Roman Catholic ...