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Commentary
Father Raymond J. de Souza
Jesus Sleeps
Vatican
Catholic News Agency
With Italy under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, this was the first time in decades that the Via Crucis was not held at the Colosseum, a Roman amphitheater associated with the Christian martyrs.
World
Catholic News Agency
The cardinal’s Easter message included a proclamation of the Gospel: that Jesus of Nazareth died, and was resurrected bodily.
Vatican
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA.
On the TV program, Pope Francis said that during Holy Week he was thinking about Christ’s crucifixion and the many sacrifices men and women were making during the global health emergency caused by COVID-19.
Vatican
Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa
Good Friday services offered a homily from Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa.
K.V. Turley
Tristan Casabianca speaks to the Register as on Holy Saturday the shroud is livestreamed to the world.
Blogs
Jimmy Akin
Good Friday is the most somber day of the Christian year. Here are 9 things you need to know...
Culture of Life
The Editors
Walk with Jesus on Good Friday.
Arts & Entertainment
Joseph Pronechen
Narrated by Leonardo Defilippis, the eight-part series was filmed in locations from the Holy Land to the United States, including Rome and the Vatican.
Vatican
Pope Francis
The homily of Pope Francis from the Solemn Mass of the Lord's Supper.
Lauretta Brown
Cases where oral arguments have concluded will proceed, such as one examining whether religious schools can receive funds from Montana’s tax-credit scholarship program, but other important cases will be delayed.
Father Raymond J. de Souza
COMMENTARY: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger discussed the matter in a 1986 text that is being widely circulated in these days.
Mary Healy
COMMENTARY: The key to interpreting rightly the biblical passages on divine chastisement is to read them in light of the distinction between God’s positive will and his permissive will.