The time from sundown on Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Day is also known as the Triduum, which is Latin for “three days.” Holy Week observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of ...

All Souls' Day together with Halloween (All Saints' Eve) and All Saints' Day formerly made up a triduum devoted on the remembrance of the dead (Allhallowtide). that climbing it is hardest at the start ...

marking the end of Lent and the beginning of the sacred "Triduum,” or three, of Holy Week. These days are the three holiest days in the Catholic Church. This Mass stresses the importance Jesus ...

The liturgical year of the Roman Catholic church is often referred to as the Year of Grace, meaning that people should celebrate their unbounded love of God at all times in all places. The year begins ...

Pope Francis prays during a Eucharistic celebration in the Vatican, on the final day of a summit on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church From Australian country towns to schools in Ireland and ...

Easter, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is part of the Paschal Triduum ... the spring equinox date isn’t ...

Polish priest, who was murdered 40 years ago, became a symbol of the struggle for freedom, human dignity and truth.

“On the first evening when I arrived at the novitiate, I was greeted by the community’s superior who advised me that Mother Teresa of Calcutta had arrived that day and wished to participate with the ...

The Vatican expelled 10 members from Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a group founded in Peru, after investigators reported cases of physical abuse and cultlike control. By Mitra Taj and Elisabetta ...

The Catholic Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions, the Vatican office responsible for doctrine has said. It is "impossible" for God to "bless sin", the Congregation for the ...

JUDGE Jezarene Aquino is the president of the Coro de San Jacinto which marks its 20th year in existence this year. What ...

The Catholic University of America is a private institution that was founded in 1887. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,139 (fall 2023), and the campus size is 176 acres. It utilizes a ...