The Church also teaches that Good Friday is a day of fasting and abstinence. For Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59, one full meal and two small meals are recommended. All Catholics older ...

“‘It is finished’; and he bowed his head and handed over his spirit.” On Good Friday, the entire Church fixes her gaze on the Cross at Calvary. Each member of the Church tries to ...

“Individuals participate, according to their degree of readiness, in the Church’s catholicity… Origen calls such a soul ‘anima ecclesiastica’: a soul with the dimensions of the Catholic Church.” – ...

24 (UPI) --The pope inaugurated the Catholic Church's historic 2025 Jubilee ... Basilica after then-87-year-old Francis cancelled a Good Friday appearance at the last minute due to persistent ...