The Catholic Courier will livestream the 2026 Chrism Mass. It is the first for Bishop Bonnici as bishop of Rochester.

Five family members from Livingston County are nearing the end of their preparation for being welcomed into the Catholic ...

Whatever we call it, Easter is plainly the solemn feast celebrating the resurrection of Christ. It is fine to say Happy Easter. The origin of the word “Easter” is complex. In the Greek language of the ...

In the Diocese of Rochester, some churches and organizations pray the Stations of the Cross outside on Good Friday, processing from one location to another.

James L. Papandrea provides four suggestions for celebrating the Easter Triduum the way the early Christians did.

An agreement has been reached to allow Holy Week and Easter celebrations to take place at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

In his first Palm Sunday homily, Pope Leo XIV proclaimed that Jesus embraces all human suffering and cries out from the cross against war.

Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, March 29, 2026.

Ahead of World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Leo XIV has shared his advice for how to discern one's vocation.

Lent officially ends and the Triduum begins at dusk on Holy Thursday and continues through dusk on Easter Sunday. Because we ...

The word “Easter” is not derived from a pagan fertility gods or anything like that. It used to be popular to say that Christianity had borrowed holidays from paganism, supposedly as a way to make it ...

Bishop John S. Bonnici will preside at his first Solemn Mass of Chrism as bishop of Rochester on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.