It is my hope and prayer that you had a blessed Holy Week, as it draws to a close for 2025, and that your Easter, just ahead as you read this, will likewise be blessed. Many people have different ...

St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy ...

Carmel Church, Hågat Maundy Thursday: Holy Rosary 6:30 p.m.; Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7 p.m.; Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until midnight Good Friday: The Passion of the Lord ...

Emma Stuart from Manorcunningham spent her Easter in Athens. In a special feature, she tells us how Holy Week brought ...

Forgive the hodge-podge nature of this week’s column. Work, family, and recreation have been stirred into a miasmic cauldron of extraordinary complexity. First, allow me to wish those among you ...

and "Here is your mother!" — spoken to the Blessed Mary and the apostle Jesus loved (said to be John) after Jesus spotted the two at the foot of the cross, and the apostle took Mary home.

Under the spiritual leadership of our beloved Primate, His Grace Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Holy Archangels Armenian Church had ...

The Catholic Church’s first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful through his deep knowledge of the Church Fathers.

During Holy Week, or Settimana Santa in Italian, palm fronds are prominently displayed in the houses of Filipino migrants. Many of them, including Veneracion Villarba, go to the Vatican City to have ...

As the world remembers this Ultimate Sacrifice during Holy Week, there are so many rites ... waving palaspas or palm fronds (which shall be blessed at a certain point in the celebration of the ...

It’s a perfect way to embrace the blessed spirit of the season and share that happiness with those in your life. 1. “Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.” ...