In Jerusalem on Holy Wednesday, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land venerate the two stones that, according to the Gospel of Luke, were stained with the blood of Jesus during his passion. The ...
In the hours after evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, a few pilgrims in Rome make their way to the Church of Saint Praxedes, home to a fragment of stone alleged to be the pillar upon ...
Father Alessandro Coniglio, who presided over the Mass, emphasized to CNA that “the mystery of the blood of Christ is at the heart of Holy Week. On Holy Wednesday, the friars of the Custody of the ...
Column of the Scourging of Christ. (Credit: Michael Tinkler via Flickr CC BY NC SA 20, CNA.) Listen ROME — In the hours after evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, a few pilgrims in Rome ...