Dear Friends in Christ, Today in Rome Pope Francis solemnly declared that two of his predecessors now see God in the Face and may receive the veneration of all the faithful in the universal Church, and the declaration of this dogmatic fact by Pope Francis is in perfect harmony with his desire to announce the…

Dear Friends in Christ, Last night, at the beginning of the Easter Vigil, priests all over the world prepared the Paschal Candle which will burn before every altar of the Church throughout Eastertide and at every font during each Baptism in the coming year. In preparation for the lighting of the Paschal Candle, a symbol…

Dear Friends in Christ, Holy Week includes the last of the 40 Days of Lent, the Sacred Paschal Triduum, and Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord. These are the holiest days of the year and the annual celebration of the sacred mysteries through which we are saved from sin and death and restored…