The Bible also tells us Jesus was arrested after the Last Supper on a Thursday night (sometimes called Holy Thursday or ...

We can see that the parts of the Good Friday service correspond to the divisions of Mass: Liturgy of the Word - reading of the Passion. Intercessory prayers for the Church and the entire world ...

This Friday marks the day that Christians commemorate as the day Jesus was crucified on the cross, to rise again two days ...

The elimination of the negative reference to Jews in a famous Catholic prayer on “Good Friday,” which was ordered last week by Pope John XXIII, was hailed here today as a great moral victory ...

Pope John XXIII today completed the procedure started by the late Pope Pius of removing from a Good Friday prayer an offensive reference to Jews. An ancient liturgical text, in a reference to the ...

Good Friday, observed on April 18, 2025, is a solemn Christian holiday commemorating Jesus Christ's crucifixion and death.

according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. This year, Good Friday is on April 18, followed by Holy Saturday, which calls on practitioners to spend the day in silent prayer.