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ordinary form divine office week i sunday, april 21 : easter sunday acts 10:34a, 37-43; ps 118; col 3:1-4; jn 20:1-9 monday, april 22 : east...
The Catholic Herald
Wherever we weep, the Master is here
the year turns and we celebrate easter again. yet it is not a different mystery or a new celebration simply on account of a year having pass...
Fr Dominic Allain
What would the Passion sound like? Listen to Liszt's answer
it is in the approach to easter that our church’s musical life becomes richer than at any other time in the liturgical calendar. as jens f l...
David Oldroyd-Bolt
Newman is a perfect companion for Holy Week
on good friday, as catholics piously walk the via crucis, many will pray the meditations of john henry newman – and not just because he is e...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Faith has never been at odds with science
silly claims about the conflict between science and religion come thick and fast, these days. we know them to be erroneous, but the history ...
Jonathan Wright
How to tell Christ from Antichrist
why is the risen christ still wounded? in the gospel of john, the apostle thomas states that he will not believe in the resurrection, “unles...
Fr Andrew Pinsent
Here's why I'm about to become a Catholic aged 17
this saturday, at the easter vigil, i will become a member of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. at the age of 17, i will no long...
Jack Payne
Why won't the Orthodox pray with Francis in Bulgaria?
on may 5, pope francis begins a three-day trip to bulgaria. he will pray with members of the country’s catholic minority (who number around ...
Fr Mark Drew
The 'Year of the Word' will remind us of Benedict XVI's wisdom
in september, the bishops of england and wales will unveil a programme of events to mark the “year of the word”, to which 2020 will be dedic...
Simon Caldwell
What's more astonishing than the Big Bang? Ask the man who proposed it
on easter sunday, we contemplate with wonder the empty tomb, and the circumstances of the resurrection transport us all the way back to gene...
Fr Julian Large
Notre Dame fire shows beauty still matters, art historian says
as people in paris and around the world watched in horror as flames consumed the roof of notre dame cathedral, the blaze also stirred genuin...
Junno Arocho Esteves
Saved from the flames: The treasures that survived the Notre Dame fire
when the cathedral of notre dame in parish caught fire monday, most predicted the worst. it seemed unlikely the structure could survive, or ...
Catholic News Agency
'Mary, dry our tears': French priests respond to Notre-Dame blaze
father pierre amar was praying in notre-dame de paris at 5 p.m. monday evening to prepare spiritually for the easter triduum; hours later he...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
Why Holy Thursday is not for the spiritually timid
first published in 1931 and now republished by sophia institute press, holy thursday by the french nobel laureate, francois mauriac (1885-19...
Francis Phillips
Only by returning to the Faith can we truly rebuild Notre Dame
cathédrale notre-dame de paris was built out of stone and wood and glass without electricity or computers. it was not built by committee, or...
C C Pecknold
Structure of Notre Dame saved after major fire
shortly after midnight tuesday, firefighters said the main structure of notre-dame de paris, the city's cathedral, had been preserved from c...
Catholic News Agency
Pope Francis on Palm Sunday: True triumph is found in Christ’s humility
on palm sunday, pope francis warned against the temptation of “triumphalism,” encouraging catholics to follow jesus’s way of humility and ob...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
Benedict's essay supports Francis' call for 'zero tolerance'
after the april 11 publication of a new essay by pope emeritus benedict xvi, commentators are mostly discussing their perception of the poli...
Ed Condon/CNA
PICTURES: Rome's 'Holy Stairs' uncovered for the first time in 300 years
the bare, white marble of rome’s ‘scala sancta,’ which are believed to be the stairs trod by christ on the day of his trial and death, are e...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, april 14 : palm sunday of the passion of the lord lk 19:28-40; is 50:4-7; ps 22; phil 2:6-11; lk...
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