Good Friday
Black women cracking ‘stained-glass ceilings’ with Jesus’ 7 last words
By Adelle M. Banks — April 18, 2019
(RNS) — At least a dozen churches across the country are hosting Good Friday services this year that feature seven African American female preachers speaking about the last sayings of Jesus.
In Mexico, donning chains to recall Christ’s pain on the cross
By Irving Cabrera Torres — April 3, 2018
ATLIXCO, Mexico (RNS) — For more than a century, the 'engrillados' have shackled themselves on Good Friday.
Pope presides over Good Friday amid security, controversy
By Nicole Winfield — March 30, 2018
ROME (AP) — The services come amid a new communications controversy at home over the existence of hell.
Devotees re-enact Good Friday crucifixions in Philippines
By Yonat Shimron — March 30, 2018
SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) — The Lenten rituals are frowned upon by church leaders in the Philippines, Asia's largest Roman Catholic nation, especially if the event is used to boost tourism and business.
A Good Friday peace walk remembers victims of Chicago violence
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 14, 2017
CHICAGO (RNS) Cardinal Blase Cupich led the procession Friday (April 14) through Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, a community scarred by gun violence.
This Mormon is an Easter Episcopalian
By Jana Riess — April 13, 2017
Not for us the betrayal of Maundy Thursday or the painful Stations of the Cross; not for us the image of Jesus, suffering and broken. We like our Jesus risen and glorified, thank you very much.
The ‘Splainer: Was the Last Supper a Passover seder?
By Kimberly Winston — March 24, 2016
(RNS) Most scholars say "nope," but a growing number of Christians host their own seders. Let us 'splain ...
Mormon Tabernacle Choir shows ‘Messiah’ for Easter, too
By Adelle M. Banks — March 23, 2016
(RNS) The Christmastime staple is no longer for Advent only.
How to renew your spirit during Holy Week: A Q&A with James Martin (COMMENTARY)
By Charles C. Camosy — March 21, 2016
(RNS) The more you meditate on Jesus' seven last words, the more you realize that the Son of God struggled with all that we do, says the Rev. James Martin.
The Egg-‘Splainer: What is Holy Week and Easter all about?
By Kimberly Winston — April 1, 2015
(RNS) Happy Holy Week! Why is Good Friday "good," and how did Jesus stretch 36 hours from the crucifixion to his resurrection into three days? And what's up with the colored eggs? Let us 'Splain.
The promise of the Good Friday-Passover overlap (COMMENTARY)
By A. James Rudin — March 26, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) Good Friday has often been a day of dread and death for many Jews, but it doesn't need to be that way.
Between Good Friday and Easter: A Muslim Meditation on Christ and Resurrection
By Omid Safi — March 30, 2013
When I reflect on the suffering of Christ, I see the connection between the suffering of Christ and the suffering of all of God’s children, all of us who are vessels of the Spirit of God.
I seek the Easter of our own spirit, the resurrection of our spirit, long dead, brought back to God through God’s grace. May there be an Easter for the Jesus of our spirit, overcoming every death, every suffering and every affliction.
Nicodemus, the mystery man of Holy Week
By Daniel Burke — March 27, 2013
(RNS) The Bible tells us little about Nicodemus. But Christians have found ways to dramatize his journey from skeptical Pharisee to the foot of the cross.
Good Friday, Passover mean headaches for baseball opening days
By Daniel Burke — April 4, 2012
(RNS) Some Major League Baseball teams are opening their seasons on Friday, setting up a scheduling conflict with Jews observing Passover and Christians marking Good Friday. By Daniel Burke
Elderly married couple writes Pope Benedict XVI’s Good Friday talk
By Tracy Gordon — April 2, 2012
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI has asked a couple who has been married for nearly 50 years to write the text of this year's traditional Via Crucis at the Colosseum on Good Friday. By Alessandro Speciale.
