During Holy Week we follow Christ from his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem to the foot of the Cross as sorrowful bystanders to His Passion, before rolling back the stone of the empty tomb and the joy of the Resurrection.
'The Art of Holy Week' is a four-part art and culture series for the Paschal Triduum that runs from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday. Four famous works of art come under the scrutiny of two excellent contributors.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols invites you to join him as he meditates on the ‘Way of the Cross’. We use the traditional text from Saint Alphonsus Liguori. As the Cardinal says: "It's written from the heart and it speaks to our hearts."
Here you will find a live broadcast from Vatican Media with English language audio. It covers all the major papal events and liturgies.
Passion Sunday, or Palm Sunday, marks the beginning of Holy Week and the commemoration of Our Lord's triumphant arrival into Jerusalem.
On Good Friday we celebrate the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ as a redemption for the whole human race.
The Resurrection of Jesus is the principle tenet of the Christian Faith; it proves that Jesus was the Son of God, and that He rose from the dead by His own power.
