The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated annually on April 7 and is one of the twelve great feasts — the 12 ...

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I am writing on Holy Tuesday. A couple of houses away, the drummers for the processions of my village, in this corner of the ...

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The following is the prepared text of Pope Leo XIV's homily given March 28, 2026, at the afternoon Mass in Louis II Stadium ...

The death of Christ is the crucially important fact of Christianity. He died on a cross. The English word 'cross' comes in ...

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According to the Gospel of John, in his final moment on the cross, Jesus declared: "It is finished" (Jn 19:30). The words might also be translated: "It is fulfilled"; or "It is accomplished"; or "It ...

Ahead of Good Friday April 3, this is the third reflection in a series on Jesus' final statements from the cross, known in tradition as the seven last words. (OSV News) -- When God gives us ...

(OSV News) — According to the Gospel of John, in his final moment on the cross, Jesus declared: “It is finished” (Jn 19:30).