As she struggled with the pain of her partner’s death, Janet McClary found purpose in moving forward with her life.

Christ’s cross makes sense of our own, hence the universal appeal of popular devotions like the Stations of the Cross.

The shimmering emotional highlight of Mount 2000, the annual Eucharist-focused retreat for highschoolers at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, is always the Saturday night eucharistic procession at Knott Arena, with a single spotlight illuminating the monstrance.

An annual Lenten collection taken up by Catholics across the U.S. provides “life-changing hope,” said Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia, chair of the board of Catholic Relief Services.

Kansas City Chiefs fans are looking forward to a Super Bowl victory parade Feb. 14 — but for Catholics, who mark Ash Wednesday that same day, “first place always goes to the Lord Jesus and what he’s done,” said Bishop James V. Johnston of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo.