The Catechism of the Catholic Church speaks of four classic ... and seek not to control God but to consent to grace. This Holy Week, let us allow prayer to rise from our lives — not perfectly ...

On Palm Sunday, a week before Easter, the Catholic Church ... pray the meditative prayer on their own across the year, it can be an especially poignant experience during Holy Week, when the ...

One of the most significant celebrations for the Catholic faith is Holy Week. In 2025, it kicked off on Sunday, April 13th with Palm Sunday and will wrap up on Sunday, April 20th with Easter Sunday.

The preparation takes off as early as on the Ash Wednesday from which the period of penitence in the Lent begins. The Lent and the Holy week end on the Easter Sunday, the day of resurrection.

It is now Holy Week here and in every Catholic Church you will see groups ... In closing, please join me in praying this prayer that Jesus personally taught His apostles.

This is a Holy ... week of the liturgical year.” But as churches and religious organizations embrace recommendations on social distancing and eliminating gatherings of more than 10 people, liturgies ...

As Lent wraps up, Holy Week continues through Easter Sunday. See the meaning of Good Friday and why people fast after Maundy Thursday.

While it's known by a few other names (more on that below), Maundy Thursday is a celebration that consists of Christians commemorating this holy day during Jesus Christ's final week leading up to ...

Pope Leo XIV will greet the crowd from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica on Sunday, leading a prayer to the Virgin Mary in ...