(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 ...

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.