MANILA, Philippines - Church leaders in the Philippines reminded the Catholic faithful to spend Holy Week, a public holiday in the predominantly Catholic country, "to know and understand deeply the humble Messiah." Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila urged Filipinos to spend the week not only as a break from work but also to reflect on the humility shown by Jesus in his suffering and death, ucanews.com reported.

"How did this burning building move so many?" Archbishop Cordileone asks in a reflect on the Notre Dame Cathedral fire. "Sacred beauty has a power. It moves us because Beauty is not just a frill or a decoration, it is, along with Truth and Goodness, one of the three faces of God. Standing before the Rose Window, looking up at the awesome Gothic ceilings, praying with people around the world, we are reminded that, as human beings created in God’s image, we do not live by bread alone.  Notre Dame Cathedral calls out to us to remember that we have souls.  It reminds us that God has given us the capacity to create sacred beauty that has lasting value, which points us beyond this world alone."

Hollywood's 1903 "Passion Play" and History's 2018 TV "Life of Christ" span 40 years of the Jesus story on screen in English alone, with more than 30 in other languages. What is your favorite Passion Play movie for repeat Holy Week/Easter viewing? Your least favorite? Your most/least favorite Jesus/Pilate?

​​​​​​​"Notre Dame was truly a work of devotion. Think about it -- how large the building was compared to everything else in the city, the attention, the loving care that went into making it, ornamenting it and maintaining it. This is truly an act of devotion; it is a kind of sacramental."

During World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland, in 2016, Maisie Rivera went to XLT, a night of eucharistic adoration and praise and worship music that became a “pivotal moment” for her faith and discerning her call to serve the church. Praying before the Eucharist with 100,000 pilgrims from around the world showed her “our faith is so universal that even if we are disconnected by language we are all rooted in community in Christ.”

Archbishop Cordileone celebrated Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion at St. Mary’s Cathedral April 14, imploring worshippers in his homily at the beginning of Holy Week to remain faithful to the church through the centrality of the Eucharist.

WASHINGTON -- Phally Budock, who will enter the church this Easter at St. Andrew Apostle Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, has always believed in God, but for a long time she did not understand why God allowed terrible things to happen, such as the atrocities she witnessed during the Cambodian genocide in the late 1970s.

As Game of Thrones nears its conclusion, a panel at St. Dominic Parish discussed Catholic approaches to a show that has been lauded for its storyline and criticized for its brutality.