SEATTLE – Archbishop J. Peter Sartain has released a Holy Week video message. “Holy Week is its own kind of pilgrimage, the most important of the year,” the archbishop says in the video. “If you’ve never participated in Holy Week in your parish, or if it’s been many years, I encourage you to make the pilgrimage this year — it’s worth the trip.”

Al inicio de la vida pública de Jesús, Juan el Bautista lo señaló a dos de sus discípulos. Jesús volteó y les preguntó, “¿Qué están buscando?”

At the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry, John the Baptist pointed him out to two of his disciples. Jesus turned to them and asked, “What are you looking for?”

Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain offered prayers for peace and consolation following the New Zealand mosque attacks. On Friday, at least 49 people were killed in attacks on two mosques in the city of Christchurch.

Below is the text of the homily Archbishop J. Peter Sartain delivered at the Rite of Election celebrated March 7 at St. James Cathedral in Seattle:

At moments of introspection or struggle, we can be both grateful and befuddled: grateful for all God has given us and befuddled at those aspects of our lives that confuse or embarrass us.

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following statement on February 24, the final day of the four-day Meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences on Safeguarding of Minors at the Vatican, which was attended by presidents of bishops’ conferences from around the world:

SEATTLE – In its continued commitment to transparency, the Archdiocese of Seattle has launched a website addressing the clergy sex-abuse crisis. As Archbishop J. Peter Sartain says in a video message on the site, the new “Protect and Heal” site is a vehicle to “communicate sincerely and openly” about the crisis.