Because Easter fell on the same day on the Julian and Gregorian calendars, meaning Catholic and Orthodox were celebrating on the same day, the Vatican added Byzantine “stichera” or hymns and “stichos” ...

The Pope’s urbi et orbi was read by Archbishop Diego Ravelli, the master of pontifical liturgical celebrations, as the ...

Pope Francis, who is still recovering from pneumonia, was not present at the Easter morning Mass but gave the Easter blessing ...

Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

Leading his first Easter Sunday Mass as Washington’s new archbishop, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said the Resurrection of ...

For Christians Easter is the day when we believe that Jesus was raised from the dead early on Sunday morning after being ...

Jesus could have been a conman surrounded by other conmen. They, in turn, were willing to die to keep the con going and got ...

But even though Easter is significantly commercialized in stores and society in general, its origin is rooted in the Bible as ...

From the loggia of St. Peter's, Francis gave his blessing with a voice weakened by illness. In his Urbi et Orbi message, read ...

Jesus began His earthly life as a tiny child in the womb of Mary. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans “The Son of man, came to seek and to save the lost,” (Luke 19:10). In this sentence, ...

Part of the tradition of the Easter dawn service atop Mount Penn is dressing for a chilly morning. Families wrap themselves ...

On a cold spring day years ago, young neighbor children found a small, dead bunny in their yard. They ran inside to tell their mother about the discovery. She went outside with the children to view ...