Throughout Holy Week, he said, his homilies were focused on the theme of the Holy Year 2025: hope. The sorrow of Good Friday ...

Prelude Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Vigil of Holy Saturday. One may ask why there are a lot of importance ...

Holy Week liturgies leading up to Easter begin with Palm Sunday on 13 April. The Vatican on Thursday released its programme of Holy Week and Easter liturgies, amid uncertainty over the possible ...

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, could preside at the Mass on Holy Thursday. And Cardinal De Donatis or Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of ...

Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday— the day before Good Friday, the first day of Easter. Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day, is the day before Lent begins, and fell on Tuesday, March 4 this ...

He added that the palm fronds can also be put on the altar beside the cross ... This will be followed by Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.

Lent, a period of fasting and reflection, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday or Maundy Thursday, depending on the denomination. The Easter Bunny will be making a late appearance ...

Since it was on this night that Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper, that sacred meal has often been the chief emphasis of Holy Thursday. The Lord’s Supper is celebrated and often its meaning is ...