Tag: Holy Week

As the church enters Holy Week – when the stone of Christ's tomb becomes a sign not of death but of the Resurrection – the life of Japanese sculptor Etsuro Sotoo offers a striking witness to how stone itself can become a path to faith.

In an unexpected sign of hope in the Holy Land, Gaza City Christians of Holy Family Parish were able to celebrate Mass with the blessing of palms and a procession for Palm Sunday 29 March.

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an agreement with Israeli authorities will allow Holy Week and Easter liturgies at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, after Catholic leaders were initially barred on Palm Sunday.

The power of forgiveness can bring even the most broken marriages back to life.

Hosanna Sunday, or Palm Sunday, is a moment to contemplate Christ’s humility.

Feeling uncomfortable about Holy Week? Good, writes Philippa Martyr. It confronts us with our fickleness, our failure to listen, and the uncomfortable truth about how we respond to Christ.

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said war-related restrictions are forcing major changes to Holy Week in the Holy Land.

To get to the Resurrection, Jesus must go through the Passion first. It’s the same for us.

The sacrament of reconciliation is having a come-back, say Sydney priests. Even young people are embracing it.

Pope Francis is going without supplemental oxygen for longer periods and is continuing therapy to recover his voice and to recover his physical strength, the Vatican press office said, but he also is increasing the number of private meetings he is holding with the heads of Vatican offices.

As Pope Francis and Orthodox Church leaders advance talks on unifying the date of Easter, the spirit of that dialogue was reflected in Punchbowl, where thousands of Orthodox and Catholic faithful processed through the streets and gathered at St Charbel College on Highclere Avenue to celebrate Palm Sunday together for the first time since 2017.

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering—it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week.