“Government Observances of Good Friday & Easter”
A segment on the web site About.com looks at the legal questions surrounding making Good Friday a state holiday.
Category: Clergy
“Pope Francis and Hispanic American Catholics”
Read about the decline of Hispanic-Catholic community that was once booming in this Feb. 26, 2013 Public Religion Research Institute article.
“Way of the Cross”
Read a New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia entry on the history of the Way – or Stations – of the Cross.
“Foot-washing edict divides local Catholics”
Read an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story from April 2, 2004 about Archbishop John F. Donoghue order of priests from that archdiocese to not wash women’s feet.
“10 things you need to know about Holy Thursday”
Read a March 27, 2013, National Catholic Register post on answering the questions about Holy Thursday.
“Prelate disallows women in ritual washing of the feet is limited to males”
Read an April 10, 2004, Boston Globe story describing how Roman Catholic Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley declined to wash the feet of women on Holy Thursday, saying that Jesus had only male disciples.
“Shoe shining and foot washing for Maundy Thursday”
Read a March 28, 2013, article on the Church of England’s modern twist of foot-washing for Maundy Thursday.
“Holy Thursday”
Learn about the history and activities for Maundry Thursday in this Catholic Online article.
“Vatican Defends Pope Francis’ Washing Of Women’s Feet”
Read a March 30, 2013 Huffington Post article about how Pope Francis washed the feet of two female inmates at a local juvenile detention center.