What's so special about Holy Week? Deacon Pedro reflects on this sacred time in the Christian calendar and how we might observe it this year in particular. ...read more

Read the full text of the homily given by Pope Francis for Palm Sunday 2020 in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. ...read more

We publish below the text of the Video Message that the Holy Father Francis sent, as we approach the beginning of Holy Week, as a sign of closeness to Italian families and the world in this time of pandemic: ...read more

This Palm Sunday, what lessons can we take away from the dramatic difference between Pilate's and Jesus' responses in a moment of crisis? ...read more

What do you long for? John's Gospel tells us that Jesus is the God who cares for us, nurtures us, and fulfills all our needs and deepest longings. ...read more

Read the full text of the homily given by Pope Francis before the extraordinary "urbi et orbi" blessing for a world suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. ...read more

The readings offered on the Fifth Sunday of Lent resonate within us the call to live and help us understand how this call is also a call to arise. ...read more

This week Deacon Pedro considers “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Do you believe this?” - Jesus' words to Martha, and to us. ...read more

To see with the heart, with the eyes of love, is what faith is. But it requires transformation, such as the blind man experienced at the hands of Jesus. ...read more

As I Have Done is airing for free all through Lent. Read a reflection from Sarah DeMarais on how she has been inspired by sisters in East Africa. ...read more