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Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic Church in a more progressive direction while leading with compassion, openness ...

Pierce is a professor emerita of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross. The 88-year-old pontiff ... take place in three parts, called stations. The first takes place in the pope's ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more welcoming Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88.

Easter, which marks the resurrection of Jesus after his suffering and death on the cross, is also symbolically ... the Haggadah book of traditional stories and prayers, or on its cover — such ...

The Rev. Adaly Rosado led costumed parishioners as they reenacted the 14 Stations of the Cross, reflecting on Jesus ... opportunity for reflection and prayer during the holy season of Lent.

Michael Quaine of St. Michael the Archangel Parish led the prayers as a Stations of the Cross ceremony was held. Fr. Michael Quaine of St. Michael the Archangel Parish led prayers at Resurrection ...

Though absent physically, his words provided a particular presence as participants proceeded through the traditional ... carrying the cross for the first station. Various groups representing ...

(Travis Golby/CBC) The procession, which took about 90 minutes, paused at each of the 14 stations of the cross — small icons ... and the spirit of prayer and reverence is edifying," Chatlain ...

The annual Stations of the Cross milelong walk was quiet but punctuated by screaming Roman soldiers and mocking crowds during the traditional ... and lay people and prayers were read at each ...

One traditional observance is the Stations of the Cross, a devotion that follows 14 moments along Jesus’s path to Calvary, accompanied by prayers and quiet reflection. Easter is one of the most ...