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If Jesus rose from the dead we should believe his other claims. If he didn’t, why would we believe any of this? It matters ...

Throughout this Easter season, Our Lord invites us to close our hearts to fear and open them to the joy of his Resurrection.

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

We will resume our discussion about heaven next week, but for now I want to focus on holy week. It’s the season when the ...

Pope Francis made a brief appearance on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square, as he continues ...

Although Pope Francis did not preside at the liturgy due to his ongoing recovery from a recent hospitalization for double ...

The Easter story is one of a king laying down his life for what the people needed, even as they mocked and crucified him, writes Greg Baker.

As the lights of St. Peter's Basilica were extinguished and silence settled through the sprawling interior, a single flame -- ...

We must look for him without ceasing,” the pope’s prepared text emphasized. “Because if he has risen from the dead, then he is present everywhere” ...

Mitch McConnell said he’s not convinced President Trump’s ... Senior counsel for Liberty Justice Center Jeffrey Schwab joins ABC News Live to discuss his firm representing a group of five ...

Jesus' apostle, Peter, failed in many ways, but when the tomb was opened, he had not given up hope. That's the promise of Easter ...