April 14, 2025

A girl smiles while holding a palm frond cross during Palm Sunday Mass at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Lagos, Nigeria.

On Palm Sunday, recovering pope says to carry the cross with compassion

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week.
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Folded hands in prayer over a open Bible

Proclaim the Good News

There is no shortage of bad news at our fingertips: televisions, radios, smartphones, and computers are delivery methods that feed our collective anxieties. Let’s turn them off and focus on the Good News instead.
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person holding wild flowers.

St. Francis, Contemplation, and Sister Earth

Franciscan contemplation opens the heart and mind to take in more of the world, its beauty and suffering. Contemplative practice dilates one’s heart, like a plant unfolding before Brother Sun’s energy. It heightens our consciousness—our awareness of relationships with God ...
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Lent with Padre Pio: Monday of Holy Week

Each of us has a special role to play in the life of the Church. Our task is to prayerfully discern what that role is.
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