A strong-looking Francis presided over a Holy Thursday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica during which the oils for church services are blessed. Later in the afternoon, he travels to Rome’s main women’s ...

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 ...

Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica explains that Jesus is the antidote to what ails the world: ‘The only thing that interests him is love.’ Cardinal Mauro Gambetti elevates the Host during the ...

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 ...

During the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti reflected on Jesus’ humble act of washing his disciples’ feet, calling the Church to become a Eucharistic people who ...

Pope Francis once again will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper in a prison and will wash the feet of 12 inmates. The pope will celebrate the evening Mass on March 29 at Rome's ...

Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 inmates at Rome’s Casa Circondariale Femminile di Rebibbia women’s prison during his Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper on March 28, 2024. (Credit: Vatican ...

Justin Vellucci Thursday, March 28, 2024 5:23 p.m. | Thursday, March 28, 2024 5:23 p.m. Bishop David Zubik stood Thursday afternoon in a narrow Allegheny County Jail hallway lined with white cinder ...

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 ...

This week, I feel sorry for those Christian churches which are non-liturgical and rely solely on the preaching of the Word of God in their worship and eschew the rituals of Holy Week. Can you imagine, ...

Karen Brynildsea of Bethlehem was the reader during Holy Thursday Mass with the Anglican Ordinariate group at Holy Ghost Church of Bethlehem April 14, 2022. Fr. Matthew Hummel gives communion to Anne ...