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Despite improved health, pope picks cardinals to lead Holy Week liturgies

Pope Francis is going without supplemental oxygen for longer periods and is continuing therapy to recover his voice and to recover his physical strength, the Vatican press office said, but he also is increasing the number of private meetings he is holding with the heads of Vatican offices.

Pandemic no match for annual basket blessing in Lemont

To observe social distancing, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Church in Lemont held a drive-thru Easter basket blessing on Holy Saturday, April 3, 2021.

Good Friday indoors and outdoors at St. Joseph in Libertyville

As another sign of parishes adapting during the pandemic, St. Joseph Parish in Libertyville held Good Friday celebrations of the Lord’s Passion both inside and outside.

Unique Via Crucis, outdoor adoration offer Holy Week alternatives

In response to the pandemic and the need for social distancing during Holy Week 2021, St. Agnes of Bohemia Parish, 2651 S. Central Park Ave., and Most Blessed Trinity Parish in Waukegan, turned annual events into outdoor experiences for parishioners.

Parishes hold neighborhood Stations of the Cross

The streets surrounding Most Holy Redeemer Parish in Evergreen Park were bustling the afternoon of April 2 with more than 100 families walking the sidewalks and kids on bikes and scooters. It wasn’t an early trick-or-treat event, but rather a neighborhood Stations of the Cross on Good Friday.

Pandemic rouses world from ‘delusion of omnipotence,’ papal preacher says

The coronavirus is not some form of divine punishment but a tragic event that, like all suffering in one’s life, is used by God to awaken humanity, said the preacher of the papal household.

Pope asks prison community to compose Via Crucis meditations

Pope Francis has asked the prisoners, guards and the chaplain of a northern Italian prison to write this year’s Way of the Cross meditations.

'Do you not perceive it?'

Someone recently asked me what my favorite celebration during Holy Week was, and I quickly responded, “The Chrism Mass.”

Holy Week 2019

Catholics across the Archdicoese of Chicago participated in a variety of liturgies and devotions between Palm Sunday and the Easter Vigil.

Holy Week’s murder mystery

From the very beginning of Holy Week on Palm Sunday, the drama of Jesus’ last days unfolds as a corporate conspiracy aimed at silencing and shaming him through a public execution. The Passion narrative is a story of great treachery.
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