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On Good Friday, let us tremble before the cross

"The Good Friday accounts remind us never to be too confident about our assessments of what God demands," writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters. "Good Friday turned all human presumptions upside down. It still does." 

A prayer for finding balance in the Holy Land

"Cease-fire now; release the hostages now": As the Israel-Hamas war continues, columnist Thomas Reese offers a prayer to find balance in the Holy Land.

Easter Sunday: Doing the work of Easter

Scripture for Life: To be an Easter people means to do the work of Easter: to work against injustices, to shake up the status quo, to welcome the marginalized and to embrace all creation with healing love.

Your letters: Cecilia Gentili, LGBTQ advocacy, Louisiana excommunication

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to stories on Cecilia Gentili's funeral mass, LGBT advocacy, and the excommunication of Scott Peyton.

'After Death' collects stories of near-death experiences — and life afterward

If you're looking for a new film to add to your yearly Easter watchlist, Angel Studios has the one for you. Their docudrama "After Death" features the gripping accounts of real people who survived near-death experiences.

Way of the cross is way of embodiment, something queer Catholics know well

When we look deeply at the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, we begin to see there is an ultimate oneness in Jesus' life. Trans Catholics like Max Kuzma have experienced a oneness in their lives as well.

Tears flow as pope washes feet of women inmates at Rome prison

As Pope Francis poured water over their feet, dried them with a towel and kissed their feet, 12 women inmates at Rome's Rebibbia prison wept.

Report: US Catholics say environmental justice important, but most unaware of Laudato Si'

A new study shows most Catholics in the U.S. believe environmental justice is an important issue — but only a third of them have heard of Pope Francis' encyclical on the topic, with Mass attendance key to familiarity with church teaching on the care for creation.

Pope, looking strong, issues lengthy marching orders to priests during Holy Thursday Mass

Pope Francis urged his priests Thursday to avoid “clerical hypocrisy” and treat their flocks with mercy as he delivered a lengthy set of marching orders to Rome-based priests at the start of a busy few days leading to Easter.

The Francis Effect podcast: Mar-A-Lago 'Catholic' event; March Madness; Bruce Morrill

Listen: Heidi, Father Daniel and David look at the recent "prayer" event for Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago, and Heidi and Daniel teach David some things about basketball. Also, Bruce Morrill on the Eucharistic Congress.