It’s worth noting that the Pauline Chapel, one of three in the Apostolic Palace, is pictured in the Holy Father’s official portrait. The personal chapel of the Holy Father is the official place for the pope’s prayers and Masses.
Read MoreThe greatest pre-conclave homily was preached by St. John Paul II in 1978, on the Gospel where Christ asks Peter three times, ‘Do you love me?’ — the same Gospel heard in churches around the world this Sunday.
Read MoreHoly Week ended, and so did the pontificate, in the loggia of St. Peter’s for the Urbi et Orbi. Francis had a good death, edifying and mercifully quick, dying according to a liturgical rhythm.
Read MoreThe mercy of God is invoked at any Catholic funeral, and Divine Mercy has been a mainstay of papal life for 25 years.
Read MoreOf all the great basilicas of Rome, the one dedicated to the Blessed Mother was his favorite.
Read MoreThe scriptures' chronicling of the resurrection of Jesus Christ gives hope to a world where inflated bullies continue to wreak havoc on those within their grip
Read MoreThe Register presents five of Tissot’s works that reflect Christ’s path, with reflections.
Read MoreThis Lent, as has increasingly been the case over the last half-dozen years or so, more and more penitents are confessing that they are following the news.
Read MoreThe message of the landmark encyclical, ‘Evangelium Vitae’ is needed now more than ever.
Read MoreAlthough he has not celebrated Mass publicly since 2022, the Holy Father has made Eucharistic adoration a main focus.
Read MoreHowever, vigils for popes, like the current one for Pope Francis, have been the exception, not the rule.
Read More‘Hope,’ which is not what it claims to be and is less than it ought to be, nevertheless gives glimpses into how life in Buenos Aires shaped Jorge Bergoglio.
Read MoreLiturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church architecture, painting and sculpture.
Read MoreIn ministry, do we just Jesus and the Church, or are people drawn to Catholicism as much by the language of friendship and fellowship?
Read MoreCardinal Timothy got the balance correct in his well-crafted invocation.
Read MoreJesus began his public ministry at the lowest place on earth so that we may ascend to the Father.
Read MoreThe quiet of Christmas Eve and the revelry of New Year’s marked a great moment of history with Pope St. John Paul the Great.
Read MoreJohn Paul was the Church’s teacher of jubilees, drawing upon his experience in Poland.
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