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Daniel Ibáñez Pope Francis speaks the Easter blessing from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, April 20, 2025.

Daniel Ibáñez Pope Francis wishes the crowd a “Happy Easter” from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2...

Victoria Arruda My view basking in the sun from my parents’ balcony in Recife, Brazil, contemplating my own vocation as we prepared for m...

Incense is dispensed at St. Peter's Basilica during the Easter vigil, Saturday, April 19, 2025. ‘… the divine light of the Resurrect...

Zosia Czubak Catholics gather for Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday, April 19, 2025 Although Pope Francis did...

Mattia Preti, “Pilate Washing His Hands,” 1663, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Brutal tyrant or reluctant judge? Pilate’s enco...

Vice President JD Vance speaks at a film-screening event April 1, 2025, at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. The vice pres...

Tomaszewski family photo shows Jane and Dan with their daughters, Gigi and Marian, on Gigi’s first Communion day in 2023. Unusual c...

Carlo Vannini Fotografo Bartolomeo Cesi, “The Crucifixion” (Detail), ca. 1590-1600 Jesus’ final words from the Cross — ‘It is fini...

Renata Sedmakova ‘Holy Communion,’ 19th Century, Pfarrkirche Kaisermühlen, Vienna In Holy Week especially, memory isn’t just remem...

Thousands of faithful gather outside Rome's illuminated Colosseum for the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross ceremony on April 18, 202...

Renata Sedmakova Karl Geiger, “Via Crucis,” 1876, St. Johann der Evangelist ‘The Lord has need of it’ — a small detail in the Pass...

Daniel Ibañez/CNA Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, gives the homily during a two-hour Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basili...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance (right) and his family attend the Vatican’s Liturgy for the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Frid...

Bénédicte Cedergren The altar at The Venerable English College in Rome visited Holy Thursday 2025. The number epresents the seven...

Courtesy photo A Senákulo performance in Marinduque, Philippines. In San Fernando, Pampanga — dubbed the 'Lenten Capital of the Ph...

National Catholic Register Detail of Michelangelo Buonarroti's “The Crucifixion,” ca. 1540 The sixth words Christ utters from the...

Zofia Czubak Cardinal Mauro Gambetti elevates the Host during the consecration at the Mass of the Lord's Supper in St. Peter's Basilica,...

Stained-glass window of Blessed Carlo Acutis at St. Aldhelm’s in Malmesbury, England ‘Blessed Carlo Acutis, you who made your life a...

Father John Basarab, pastor of Epiphany of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church, celebrates Easter 2024 in Annandale, Virginia. The Or...

John Martin, “The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah,” 1852, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Th...

“The Chosen: Last Supper” focuses on the events of Holy Week With cinematic grace and theological weight, ‘The Chosen’ invites viewe...

Hans Holbein the Younger, “The Last Supper,” ca. 1524-1525 In the Blessed Sacrament, heaven touches earth. And the Savior who once...

Lucas Cranach, “The Man of Sorrows Between Mary and John,” ca. 1540 Missed the mark this Lent? It’s not too late. God’s grace is wai...

Pope Francis meets with inmates in a surprise visit to the Regina Coeli Prison on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Rome. The Pope c...