Ed Wilkinson remembers growing up in Greenpoint in the 1950s, and gazing across the East River on Good Friday to see three ...

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...

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

Community members gathered at the Cathedral of St. Raphael in Dubuque on Friday to remember Jesus’ passion and death through ...

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 ...

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

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

Pagan Saxons worshipped a spring goddess named Eostre. They baked bread during springtime festivals to celebrate new life and longer days. The name “Eostre” is where we get the English word “Easter”.

How can we sure Jesus existed? Who did he think he was? What were his intentions? A look at what we know about what happened ...

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

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