Forty-two cardinals, 42 bishops and 1,800 priests living in Rome concelebrated the Mass. Holy Thursday marks the institution ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy washes the feet of a man during the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper on April 17, 2025 at ...

The number represents the seven final places Jesus visited from His arrest to His crucifixion, allowing the faithful to ...

Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA The oils were processed up the main altar of St ... Francis wrote in his Holy Thursday homily. Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency.

Pope Francis previously visited the Regina Coeli prison on Holy Thursday in 2018. Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard University, she has ...

April 17 (Reuters) - Easter is one of the most important occasions in the Polish church calendar, but Jagiellonia Bialystok's Conference League exploits have caused an Archbishop to organise an ...

"It's a big week for the Catholic Church and other religions are celebrating too, but it's also a big week for Jagiellonia because on Holy Thursday at 6:45 pm they play a very important match ...

Pope Francis, 88, will visit Rome’s Regina Coeli prison “in a private way” on Holy Thursday afternoon if his health condition allows it, two Italian news agencies, AGI and ANSA, reported on ...

Though most people know the religious meaning behind Easter, the days leading up to the spring holiday are important days for faithful Christians will honor the Biblical story of Jesus Christ.

In an extraordinary witness of Christian love, Pope Francis visited Rome’s Regina Coeli prison just before 3 p.m. this Holy Thursday, April 17, and met 70 inmates in the rotunda of the prison.