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

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome.

This tradition, which dates back more than 150 years, involves pilgrims praying the rosary as they climb the church's steps.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Dozens of devoted parishioners of the Church of St. Christopher and St. Margaret Mary R.C. Church held ...

The Christian loves to follow the Way of the Cross in the ... and with this she reverently wipes the face of Jesus. Our Lord leaves the impression of his holy Face on the three parts of the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Anna Swartwood House, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) The ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins.

The Catholic Church opposes assisted suicide and euthanasia, but it also doesn’t support treatments that prolong suffering in the face of unavoidable death. A scholar of global Catholicism ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — A new face will help lead a unique Holy Week tradition as Archbishop Casey prepares to bless the steps of Holy Cross Immaculata Church in Mount Adams at midnight. This ...

Before falling ill, Pope Francis fulfilled his papal duties with humility and devotion. Faithfuls mourn him as striking ...