If you’re new to Austria, you might be surprised to find that the Thursday after Trinity Sunday is a public holiday. Here's ...

A tradition on Maundy Thursday - which commemorates the Last Supper - is to keep vigil through the night, meditating and praying, as Peter, James and John are said to have been asked to do in the ...

The Holy Father also shared light refreshments with staff present Thursday morning to celebrate with them the 43rd ...

Holy Thursday celebrates the institution of the Eucharist as the true body and blood of Jesus Christ and the institution of the sacrament of the priesthood. Friday, May 30, 2025 A service of EWTN News ...

The time from sundown on Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Day is also known as the Triduum, which is Latin for “three days.” Holy Week observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of ...

NEPA Lacrosse is set to honor 66 senior athletes with a pair of high school all-star games Thursday, June 26. The event will ...

The festival opens strong with '80s rock at the Amp, Aly & AJ in the Big Backyard, and Milwaukee's own Holy Pinto at the ...

Vatican City - Pope Benedict lamented the widespread abandonment of faith in the West on Holy Thursday before he washed and dried the feet of 12 men to mark Christ's gesture of humility to his ...

Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that is required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to do it.

COMMENTARY: The week’s liturgical calendar features saints who died defying unjust rulers — and feasts that point to the ...