Jones is CEO and co-founder of the prayer ... for the Catholic Church, All Things Considered host Scott Detrow spoke to Jones about the new pope. Scott Detrow: For more than the past week ...

The 40-day season of prayer comes to an end this week just ahead of the Easter holiday ... when 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory cemented the Lent as permanent tradition, according ...

The preparation takes off as early as on the Ash Wednesday from which the period of penitence in the Lent begins. The Lent and the Holy week end on the Easter Sunday, the day of resurrection.

which is Latin for “three days.” Holy Week observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of the Church, when devout people traveled to Jerusalem at Passover to reenact the events of the ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Tuesday Mass at the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago has an air of excitement this week. The graduate ... writing down well wishes and prayers for the new pope.

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has announced the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 2025 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, held annually on Sept. 1 ...