A crucifix is silhouetted against a stained-glass window in this illustration photo. (Credit: Mike Crupi/Catholic Courier via CNS.) Listen As we continue our walk through the Church’s month of the ...

Public or Private? It was not a question I expected to be asked during a six-week pilgrimage my husband and I made to Spain and Portugal. In Barcelona, I knew that I needed to get to a hospital when ...

The Gospels during Advent gives Catholics the familiar picture of Jesus warning his disciples of the end times and, ultimately, the Last Judgment. The Church has traditionally reminded its members ...

Christians can find a strange happiness as we grow in our willingness to face persecution. Christians being persecuted for their faith is a daily reality in contemporary Nigeria. I live in a community ...

As we continue through the Easter season, today’s readings illuminate the implications and salvation that come from Christ’s suffering on the cross. As we continue to suffer hardships related to Covid ...

Dorothy Day gave up smoking for Lent every year. Apparently, this made her so irritable that friends prayed she would take it up again, which she did. Thus the determination to quit the next year, and ...

In this time of war, many religious officials have encouraged people from various walks of life to turn to God, with even big-time CEOs sending gifts like rosaries to Ukrainians in their time of need.

Christians around the world observed Good Friday with processions commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus. The Holy Week tradition is dedicated to the suffering of Jesus as he carried the cross for his ...

The head of the Brazilian Bishops Conference’s Committee for Culture, Education and Social Communications, Bishop Orani João Tempesta of Sao José do Rio Preto said “The Passion of the Christ” “touches ...

"But we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles" (1 Corinthians 1:23). We repeat St. Paul's statement of faith at every Mass ...

The Pope celebrated Mass today for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, a feast on which Catholics traditionally remember the Petrine ministry of the Pope. The Holy Father discussed during his Homily, ...

Eight Filipinos were nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a gory Good Friday tradition that draws thousands of devotees and tourists to the Philippines despite being rejected by ...