Maundy Thursday
Our Churchiest Episode Ever + Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
By Jonathan Woodward — April 6, 2023
Roxy and Katelyn are joined by the Most. Reverend Michael Curry to talk about the Holy Week liturgy, leading amid deep difference, and Jesus...lots of Jesus.
Pope celebrates surprise Holy Thursday with ousted cardinal
By Nicole Winfield — April 2, 2021
(RNS) — "Such a gesture of paternity doesn't seem strange on a day like today, Holy Thursday," said a Vatican official, without confirming the story.
As a pandemic peaks at Christianity’s Easter climax, churches adapt online
By Alejandra Molina and Emily McFarlan Miller — April 9, 2020
(RNS) — Social distancing measures have caused radical dislocations for a holiday that is at once one of the most mystical and most hands-on in world religion.
Pope washes the feet of inmates, reveals he has cataracts
By Nicole Winfield — March 29, 2018
ROME (AP) — Francis, 81, disclosed the news as he bid farewell to inmates and staff at the Regina Coeli prison, where he washed the feet of 12 prisoners in a Holy Thursday ritual.
Pope on Holy Thursday urges priests to be close to sinners
By Nicole Winfield — March 29, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The admonition came as conservatives have complained that Francis is dividing the church with his opening to letting divorced and civilly remarried Catholics receive Communion.
This Mormon is an Easter Episcopalian
By Jana Riess — April 13, 2017
Not for us the betrayal of Maundy Thursday or the painful Stations of the Cross; not for us the image of Jesus, suffering and broken. We like our Jesus risen and glorified, thank you very much.
On Maundy Thursday, Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 prisoners
By Josephine McKenna — April 13, 2017
ROME (RNS) The 12 inmates who took part included a Muslim who is expected to be baptized as a Catholic in June, three women and two men serving life terms.
The ‘Splainer: Was the Last Supper a Passover seder?
By Kimberly Winston — March 24, 2016
(RNS) Most scholars say "nope," but a growing number of Christians host their own seders. Let us 'splain ...
Mormon Tabernacle Choir shows ‘Messiah’ for Easter, too
By Adelle M. Banks — March 23, 2016
(RNS) The Christmastime staple is no longer for Advent only.
The Egg-‘Splainer: What is Holy Week and Easter all about?
By Kimberly Winston — April 1, 2015
(RNS) Happy Holy Week! Why is Good Friday "good," and how did Jesus stretch 36 hours from the crucifixion to his resurrection into three days? And what's up with the colored eggs? Let us 'Splain.
Pope washes feet of two girls, two Muslims at youth prison
By Alessandro Speciale — March 28, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Thursday (March 28) washed the feet of 12 young inmates, including two girls and two Muslims, during a Maundy Thursday Mass at a youth detention center in Rome.
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