This has been a strange Lent—my first while living with multiple chronic illnesses, ones that I can hopefully recover from. One illness has already caused me to give up most good foods, so I decided ...

Holy Week has purely religious origins and full of fervour. In the case of the word triduum, it is also linked to religion and especially to Catholic religion and refers to preparation, that is, the ...

In the final few days of Holy Week, Catholics should recognize that Christ’s love for them is shown by “the total gift of himself on the cross,” said Pope Benedict XVI. “Let us allow ourselves to be ...

Tonight, the church celebrates Tenebrae. It is an ancient service that serves as a kind of vigil to the paschal triduum, with the extinguishing of the candles on the hearse — a mirror image of the ...

In the whole Christendom, the most solemn celebration each year is the Paschal Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter) or the celebration of Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection. The Paschal ...

MANILA, Philippines—The Catholic Church is set to celebrate the “greatest mysteries of the redemption” on Thursday (April 14) to Sunday (April 17)—the Easter Triduum. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference ...

If you read this article, it will be at the onset of Easter or Paschal Triduum – a three-day period stretching from Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) through Good Friday and Holy Saturday, culminating ...