Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the liturgies of Holy Week and the Easter Triduum for the first time as pope this week.

Palm Sunday marks the start of the one of the busiest and fullest liturgical periods of the year for the Catholic Church and the Vatican.

CatholicPhilly presents a weekly roundup of international news from Vatican News, the official news portal of the Holy See. The following report on the week of April 5, 2026 links to stories on ...

CatholicPhilly presents a weekly roundup of international news from Vatican News, the official news portal of the Holy See.

During Holy Week 2025, Pope Francis was called to share in the mystery of Christ's passion. No one knows whether he had some premonition that it would ...

Holy Mass took place in the Vatican today, before Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Easter Sunday Urbi et Orbi message.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Palm Sunday before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, as he opened his first Holy Week as pontiff that for many people recalled the final, suffering days of ...

Several major of days of worship this week will lead up to Easter - Christianity's most significant holiday which celebrates ...

The Vatican has published the schedule of liturgies that Pope Leo XIV will celebrate in February, March, and the beginning of April, which includes the start of Lent, Holy Week, and Easter. Pope Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday and into the global spotlight, presiding over Mass that officially opened his first Holy Week as pontiff. Tens of thousands ...