On Good Friday, papal preacher says cross brings hope to the oppressed
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The cross serves as a warning to the powerful and a message of hope for the poor and oppressed, said the preacher of the papal household. With Christ’s crucifixion, death and resurrection, "a total reversal of roles has taken …
‘Their Calvary was lengthy’: Pope’s Stations recall those exploited
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Recalling Jesus’ death on the cross, Pope Francis led thousands on Good Friday in reflecting on the crosses of loneliness, fear and betrayal that crucify countless men, women and children in the world. In the annual Way of the …
Solitary confinement in U.S. prisons qualifies today as torture
IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert Galbraith, Reuters By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Few people think about it in these terms, even around Easter, but Jesus was tortured as a prisoner before his death on a cross. There’s no other way to characterize the 39 lashes ordered by Pontius Pilate, or the …
Singer-songwriter presents Crucifixion in concert
IMAGE: CNS photo/Joanne Fox, The Catholic Globe By Joanne Fox SIOUX CITY, Iowa (CNS) — Singer-songwriter Tatiana "Tajci" Cameron confessed she didn’t always like Holy Week. "It always seemed to be full of sadness," she told the crowd of more than 500 who gathered April 14 at St. Michael Church, …
EWTN Televised Holy Week Mass Schedule
EWTN TELEVISED HOLY WEEK MASS SCHEDULE Sunday, April 14: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 4 a.m. Solemn Mass of Palm Sunday from Rome with Pope Francis 8 a.m. Palm Sunday with the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word Noon Solemn Mass of Palm Sunday from the Basilica …
Holy Week, Easter marked with ceremony, faith in other cultures
The remembrance of the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord is marked with special ceremonies, tradition and faith in other cultures, including those represented in the archdiocese. Lan Vu, a member of Our Lady of Lavang Vietnamese Catholic Community in Cincinnati, said, “We try to do as much as …
Sacred Spaces: Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper was held on an almost summer evening. In The Catholic Telegraph’s Sacred Spaces video, we look at Ascension Parish in Kettering, and St. Peter in Chains in Cincinnati.
Be servants to one another, pope tells prisoners before washing feet
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media, via Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Jesus’ gesture of washing his disciples’ feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all Christians, especially bishops, must imitate, Pope Francis told hundreds of inmates and prison employees on Holy Thursday. "Jesus’ …
Today’s Video: A look at Tenebrae at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral
The Office of Tenebrae is a religious service of Western Christianity held during Holy Week, and characterized by gradual extinguishing of candles, and by a “strepitus” or “loud noise” taking place in total darkness near the end of the service.
