Palm Sunday: Cardinal Pizzaballa blocked by Israeli police from Holy Sepulchre as Pope Leo denounces war in Rome
Pope Leo opened Holy Week in Rome on Palm Sunday, March 29, by making a passionate appeal for peace as the world is torn by war, especially in the Middle East and Ukraine, but also in Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He said: “Christ, King of Peace, cries out again from his cross: ‘God is love! Have mercy! Lay down your weapons! Remember that you are brothers and sisters!’” At the end of the long celebration, Pope Leo prayed especially for the Christians in the Middle East, “who are suffering the consequences of a brutal conflict and,…
‘Proclaim the Gospel of life,’ Pope Leo says in first papal visit to Monaco in modern era
In the principality known for super yachts and sports cars, Pope Leo XIV urged Monaco’s wealthy citizens to remember the poor and protect every human life, calling on them to remember that the Last Judgment “places the poor at its center.”
The inside story of Pope Leo XIV’s election
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle is joined by guest host Ashley McKinless for an interview with Gerard O’Connell and his wife and journalist Elisabetta Piqué about their new book, “The Election of Pope Leo XIV: The Last Surprise of Pope Francis.” They discuss pre-conclave maneuvering, including organized resistance to Pope Francis’s reforms, as well as their decision to report conclave details despite Cardinals taking oaths of secrecy.
Jürgen Habermas and ‘the unfinished project of enlightenment’
The philosopher-sociologist Jürgen Habermas, who died March 14, influenced multiple disciplines—not only philosophy but also political science and law, sociology, communications and theology, among others.
Lessons on suffering from the outdoor Stations of the Cross
For the first time, I was drawn to the Stations not as a meditation on Jesus’ suffering but as a place to lay my own burden down.
We sometimes take the wrong steps. But God leads us to the right answers.
A Reflection for Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by William Gualtiere
In Monaco, Pope Leo to reflect on peace, faith and ecology in a land of vast wealth
The pope’s one-day trip will spotlight a Catholic state grappling with secularization and a quiet rise in new converts.
Praying for good news about the war in Iran
Since the war began nearly four weeks ago, I have found myself checking headlines hourly. I brace for bad news, but hope for something good.
Cardinal Roche: Liturgy meant to promote unity, not personal preference
Debates over the liturgy should ultimately be understood through the lens of unity, not individual preference, said Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
‘House of David’ is the next hit TV biblical drama
“House of David” brings classic streaming storytelling to a tale I thought I knew.
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