On Holy Thursday, more than 1,880 priests, bishops and cardinals renewed the promises made at their ordinations during the Chrism Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica. Pope Francis delegated Cardinal ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated a chrism Mass at the Vatican on April 2, his first as pope after being elected as supreme pontiff in May 2025. The Mass included the traditional blessing of the holy oils that ...

Pope Francis led the first of two major Holy Thursday ceremonies, presiding at Mass in St. Peter's Basilica as he continues his stamina-testing Holy Week appointments days after battling bronchitis in ...

The new bishop of Rochester, John S. Bonnici, celebrated his first Solemn Mass of Chrism on March 19, 2026, at Sacred Heart ...

Pope Francis will continue his custom of celebrating Holy Thursday Mass in a prison during Holy Week 2024, the Vatican said. In a statement released on March 6, the Vatican announced that the pope ...

Pope Francis washes the feet of an inmate at the Rebibbia women's prison on the outskirts of Rome as he celebrates the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper on March 28, 2024. The pontiff washed the ...

Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, is the most sacred time in the Catholic Church. It marks the final week of Jesus' life, passion, death and resurrection. April 1- Chrism Mass at 6 p.m. in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Passion of Christ is 21 centuries old, and many Catholic churches in Pittsburgh are well more than 100 years old. But the ...

Pope Francis will continue his custom of celebrating Holy Thursday Mass in a prison during Holy Week 2024, the Vatican said. In a statement released March 6, the Vatican announced that the pope will ...