COMMENTARY: Word on Fire’s publication of a volume containing the papal preacher’s Good Friday sermons from 1980-2022 is a tonic to strengthen one’s faith. Italian Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa ...

Clergymen process during the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, March 29, 2024. (OSV News/Gonzalo Fuentes) Good Friday begins in silence. The presider lies ...

SUNBURY — A Sunbury rabbi reacted swiftly Friday evening to statements made by Pope Benedict's XVI's personal preacher at a Good Friday service, when he compared the allegations that the pontiff has ...

“For today, as in the early Church, the Gospel will not make headway in the world as a result of ‘the wisdom of discourses,’ but through the mysterious power of the cross.” So writes Cardinal Raniero ...

Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is observed two days before Easter Sunday, falling on April 18, 2025. Commemorations vary across Christian denominations, often involving ...