4 days ago · ourners gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., to honor Pope Francis, remembering his deep compassion for the marginalized.

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1 day ago · Cardinal Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to the United States, reflected on Pope Francis’s legacy and the evangelizing mission of the church in an interview that took place during the early meetings of the general congregations leading up …

Apr 20, 2025 · The prayers of the faithful included a prayer that the risen Christ will inspire the service of people in ordained ministry, consecrated life and lay ministry, a prayer that the hope of Christ will console those who mourn or who are in need or who are sick and suffering, and a prayer that St. Matthew’s Cathedral parish will proclaim the Good News of the Resurrection in its ministries and ...

3 days ago · After the casket bearing Pope Francis’s body was placed in St. Peter’s Basilica, tens of thousands of mourners lined up to pay their respects. The open casket was transferred April 23 from the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where the pope had lived, to the basilica. As the day progressed ...

2 days ago · Karl D. Bar-Lev, a retired U.S. Navy veteran who served for 17 years, also entered the Church at the Easter Vigil. Raised in the Pentecostal Church of God tradition, Bar-Lev began exploring Catholicism more deeply while working as a security officer at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception from 2019 to 2021.

Apr 20, 2025 · VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the resurrection of Jesus clearly shows, Pope Francis wrote in his Easter message. “All those who put their hope in God place their feeble hands in his ...

Apr 11, 2025 · The Church remembers Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus in a spiritual and sacramental way during Holy Week and the Easter Triduum, but some people actually experience the Passion in a tangible and personal way in their very lives.

A new online study course titled “What We Believe: The Beauty of the Catholic Faith” was “created by a few very imperfect disciples who happen to be crazy about Christ and his Church,” said one of the authors and presenters of the course.

At Holy Thursday Mass, Cardinal McElroy emphasizes how Jesus at Last Supper gave the gift of the Eucharist and called his followers to love and serve others