"So we've been seeing an uptick of pictures of Pope Francis sales, his pectoral cross. We have 'In memoriam' candles.

The Easter Vigil, also known as the Paschal Vigil, is a candle lit, incense infused liturgy in traditional Christian churches ...

President Ferdinand Marcos on April 23 declared four days of national mourning in the Philippines, Asia's Catholic bastion, ...

On Holy Saturday night at the Cathedral, Archbishop Nelson Pérez welcomed into the Catholic Church some of the 725 adults ...

Further reading: Lent with Marie Noël ... Born to a Jewish Austrian father from a bourgeois background and a Catholic mother, she was raised Catholic. But she resisted dogma, calling herself ...

"We knew that the pope had been ill for quite a long period of time but obviously when you get news of somebody's death it is always a bit of a blow," said Canon Cummins. He added ...

Christos Anesti! Greece celebrated on Holy Saturday night the Resurrection of Christ at local churches throughout the country ...

The tiny cave church of Ayioi Saranta (forty saints) cannot begin to compete with the loud jubilation we can expect to hear at midnight on Saturday as church bells across the island will announce the ...

Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, ...

Holding unlit candles, they pack into the sprawling 12th century basilica built on the site where, according to tradition, Jesus was crucified and buried. In near-total darkness, the Greek patriarch ...

When I eat this family pesto recipe, I am always transported back to my mom's kitchen on Good Friday at about 5 p.m., right ...

As the Holy Days approach, a Catholic community shared ways for Filipinos to make their Holy Week meaningful and spiritually ...