The origins of the hot cross bun traditionally made with currants, spices, flour, and eggs are closely linked to a cathedral ...

Unable to attend the Good Friday ceremony in person for the third consecutive year, the pope offered deep meditations for the ...

This Lent, a new version of a Catholic devotion seeks to acknowledge the traumas experienced by Native people, including ...

Scores of penitents whipped themselves bloody under a scorching Philippine sun while others were nailed to crosses in a ...

Do you prefer yours with sultanas and spices, or Vegemite and cheese? However you eat them, hot cross buns reflect centuries ...

COMMENTARY: The brave witness of Archbishop Shevchuk and Jimmy Lai during this Holy Week leads to a ‘Via Lucis’ ...

For more than 20 years, Father Raymond de Souza has preached the “Seven Last Words” devotion, a traditional meditation on the ...

Almost all Americans — 92 percent of adults — say they experience some form of spiritual belief, whether in a god, human ...

Centuries before Jesus was born, Jewish prophets had foretold his coming. During Holy Week, many of the prophecies made about ...

A devoted Catholic is seen in shocking images pinned to a cross after being 'crucified' on Good Friday – for the 36th time.

Early Christians started marking bread with a cross to show their devotion, and ate it throughout the year. They believed the ...

For Christians, the cross is most prominent during the Lenten season. As one who attended Catholic schools from ... is in Christ is a new creation. The old life has gone; a new life has begun.