(Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) Parishioners washed each other’s feet during the Maundy Thursday mass at Holy Cross church in Santa Cruz this week, as part of the observance of Holy Week ...

Pope Francis has offered advice for how to have a fruitful Holy Week, urging people to focus on the essentials and look to the cross as the source of hope. In his last public audience Wednesday ...

In the midst of the season of reflection that marks the beginning of Holy Week, many remember one of ... But what happened to the cross on which he died and... was he really found?

Participants carried a large wooden cross through Kingsport, singing hymns and playing a zither on the streets. Many followed behind while holding palm branches to represent Holy Week.

This year, the observance of Holy Week begins on April 13 to April 20. In the Philippines, the Catholic faithful commemorate this sacred week by praying, reflecting, by penitence, or by doing a panata ...