or Holy Thursday. Maundy is derived from the Latin word for “command,” and refers to Jesus’ commandment to the disciples to “Love one another as I have loved you.” What does it commemorate?

In this Sunday’s Gospel reading we are brought back to Holy Thursday, to that dark evening of gift and betrayal and a new ...

Holy Thursday (or Maundy Thursday), the institution ... It also says that Jesus gave the apostles a commandment to pass on to us, to fast on Wednesdays and Fridays; the first to commemorate ...

With Robert Prevost named Thursday as the new pope, local and state officials are reacting to the first American-born pope in ...

The world's first American pope, Pope Leo XIV, was elected Thursday. See how Columbus, Ohio Catholics reacted to the news.

White smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at the Vatican, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

BOSTON (SHNS) – American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost made history Thursday. Prevost, who grew up in the south ... So when I saw that he had been chosen as the Holy Father, I said, ‘We have a ...

While Ukrainian residents once again move between talks of a possible peace summit next weekend and the harsh reality that ...

After it was recently revealed that the Yartzeit of the great Rabbi Yitzchak Aizik Krasilschikov zt"l, known as "Der Poltaver Gaon,’ is on the 10th of Iyar, the Moscow community conducted a search and ...

On May 8, 2025, the Roman Catholic Church selected its new pope: Leo XIV. Before his historic election via conclave on ...

This news is a source of pride and inspiration for millions of Americans, including the many Catholics and people of faith in our community.' ...

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