Their trip included visits to major basilicas in Rome and sacred sites in Assisi, including the Pontifical Sanctuary of the ...

Truong, a lifelong Catholic, had hoped one day to spend Easter in Vatican City. That hope was fulfilled this spring, when he ...

The event was held in anticipation of the cross-country National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which began the same weekend in ...

Cardinal David, one of the 133 cardinal electors who voted for the new pope, shares a rare glimpse into the Conclave.

Under a strong spring sun, hundreds of men processed past ancient Roman ruins carrying statues of the crucified Christ and ...

A group tasked with making a plan to remove weapons held by Palestinian factions in Lebanon’s refugees camps is beginning to hash out a timetable and mechanism for disarming the ...

Human rights organizations, politicians and experts have sharply criticized a law approved by El Salvador’s Congress this ...

Book review I was pleasantly surprised to receive recently, from Shashikala Premawardhane, Sri Lanka High Commissioner in ...

Questions continue to be speculated about the true intentions of the JVP in orchestrating the NPP government – whether the ...

During the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night the priest or deacon carries the candle in procession into the dark church. A new fire, symbolizing our eternal life in Christ, is kindled which ...

Stavrakis is responsible for Greece, Cyprus, Albania and North Macedonia based in Athens. He has been with The Associated ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...