Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of ...

The morning after Palm Sunday, a mysterious procession of red-clad figures enters the main square of Texistepeque, a small ...

Christians worldwide will celebrate Palm Sunday, the first of many milestones of Holy Week, the period leading up to Easter and Jesus’ resurrection. This is the Sunday that celebrates Jesus’ triumphal ...

From walking along the ancient paths in Jerusalem to joining candlelit processions in Latin America, each of the holy places ...

But his body, which lies in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, is far from the only symbol of the Christian faith which ... But no, the so-called Holy Foreskin, or Holy Prepuce, is claimed ...

Christians in Israel experienced heightened intimidation and aggression last year, predominantly from young Jewish men within ...

Researchers found that when Black Christians mentioned their faith at work, they feared they would be discriminated against ...

Work nears completion on Mount Wollaston Cemetery's new monumental entrance gate in Quincy. Ornamentation includes gilt ...

An ecclesiastical holy year is meant to have an influence, to give added meaning, to everything the Church does over the course of that year. The Jubilee of Hope is, therefore, like a fresh set of win ...

And although churches are always a powerful place to be, they become that much more special on Palm Sunday—especially when ...

Next week begins the Week called Holy, with Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord on April 13 and concluding with Easter Sunday on April 20. Toward the end ...

Preparations for popular, often daylong Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America — but not in ...