Lent

St Leo the Great on the Passion: Christ’s suffering reveals both the depth of God’s mercy and the tragedy of Judas

St Leo the Great

From Palm Sunday to the Easter Vigil, the Church’s liturgy leads the faithful step by step through Christ’s Passion, death and resurrection

Clement Harrold

Grünewald’s wounded Christ was made to console those ravaged by illness and to direct them towards the promise of resurrection

Fr Gavan Jennings

Cardinal Pizzaballa has regained access to the Holy Sepulchre, but the episode exposes wider anxieties about the treatment of Christians in Jerusalem

Michael Haynes

A Holy Week dispute over access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre has been resolved, with Cardinal Pizzaballa now able to enter the site after Israeli authorities reversed earlier restrictions

The Catholic Herald

Israeli police have blocked Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from entering the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday, setting what the Cardinal and Custos of the Holy Land describe as a “grave precedent”

Thomas Edwards

The liturgy of Palm Sunday places Christ’s entry into Jerusalem beside his Passion so we may enter more deeply into the mystery of salvation

Fr Samuel Burke OP

Brother René Stockman writes that Holy Week reveals how suffering and redemption are inseparable: from the Cross to the Resurrection, Christ enters human suffering to defeat it from within and open the path to eternal life

Brother René Stockman

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has outlined major changes to Holy Week amid war in the region

The Catholic Herald

From the Psalms to baroque music, the Christian inheritance shows how genuine feeling emerges not from spectacle but from restraint, craft and grace

Lola Salem