Archive for April 13, 2025

A priest holds palms on Palm Sunday.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The most common questions about Palm Sunday — and their answers

Here is a list of the most popular questions about Palm Sunday and their answers. Read more

The main entrance to the Armenian Patriarchate and the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem.?w=200&h=150

By Marinella Bandini

Armenian Patriarchate takes legal action to halt Jerusalem’s tax foreclosure

The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem have issued a statement expressing “great concern” and voicing their solidarity... Read more

At least 33 people have been reported dead and thousands displaced following April 5-6, 2025, flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.?w=200&h=150

By Jude Atemanke

Congolese bishops express ‘spiritual closeness’ with victims of deadly floods in Kinshasa

Bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo expressed their solidarity with victims of the recent floods and landslides that struck... Read more

A smiling Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter's Square on April 13, 2025, in a surprise visit at the end of the outdoor Palm Sunday Mass.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at Palm Sunday Mass

Marking another in a series of recent surprise public appearances, Pope Francis on Sunday briefly greeted thousands of pilgrims gathered... Read more

Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for Korean Catholics before the statue of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn was blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, on Sept. 16, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Vatican updates rules for Mass intentions, permits collective offerings under strict conditions

Pope Francis approved the document — published so far only in Italian — on Palm Sunday, April 13. It will... Read more