Last year’s Easter celebration felt more like one, unending Good Friday. The light and hope that Easter usually offered was eclipsed by the darkness and despair the disciples experienced the day Jesus ...

Emptiness isn’t usually something to get excited about. Unless it’s Easter morning. Because in the empty tomb, Christians encounter the miracle of our faith. And in that moment, everything changes.

Lane told the story of a man many years ago who spread rumors about him. The man had a major drinking problem. He was on a mission to have Lane removed as pastor. Lane survived, but there were ...

Pope Francis holds a candle during the Easter Vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica on April 8, 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Despite having skipped a key Holy Week event the night before due ...

The drama of Good Friday—the tragic excitement of the Passion—has passed. Lash and spear still sting in the memory of His Body, but only hazily, faintly. Something numbs the senses. The joy of the ...

I was an RZIM apologist. Trusting female sources is key to Christian witness. The central facts of the Christian faith were all primarily witnessed by women. Jesus was “conceived by the Holy Spirit, ...

The Jesuits reformed the Western calendar. Then they attempted to do the same in China. Ask most Christians the date of the next Easter and they’re likely to Google it. Though highly associated with ...

Brynne Young, left, and Brooklyn Fuerst dip their “Resurrection Rolls” in butter and sugar on Holy Thursday at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School in Columbus Grove. The activity helps the children ...

This Sunday, we celebrate a day like no other. It was the best day ever. It was the day that Jesus was raised from the dead. At sunrise on the Sunday following His death, His friends came to the tomb ...

The wait is over. The journey that began in the solemnity of Ash Wednesday culminates today in the jubilation of Easter. This issue of the Register reflects that tone in our page-one stories and ...