Jerry Lundergan, a well-known Lexington businessman who once was state Democratic Party chairman, envisions days when ...

Even today, in the East, the Exaltation of the Cross is celebrated with as much honor as Easter. Further reading ... The cross is not an art object, much less a protective talisman against ...

Jerry Lundergan, well known in Kentucky politics and business, is building a Garden of Gethsemane with Italian sculptures and ...

The Church honors Jeanne d’Arc as a virgin martyr and national patroness, whose courage, purity and fortitude continue to ...

Lauded in the world’s two largest religions as the mother of God’s Chosen One—for Muslims a great prophet and for Christians ...

Pope Leo XIV ’s inaugural Mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square and Basilica is a ritual filled with symbolism that ...

The service wound up with egg and bacon rolls, hot cross ... celebrating Easter on the same dates. In Hobart, pews were filled at both St David's Anglican Cathedral and St Mary's Catholic ...

LIST: Best local spots to visit for Easter brunch Good Friday is known as the day when Jesus was crucified. During the service at Holy Cross Catholic Church, a cross bearer moved from station to ...

holding a staff adorned with a cross, symbolising victory over death. His right hand is raised in blessing. Surrounding the tomb are Roman soldiers, depicted in various poses of sleep or astonishment, ...

After Mom’s Presbyterian or Dad’s full-on Catholic Latin ... to happiness. The Easter baskets had green plastic grass that stuck to everything like doubled-sided tape. Buried inside it were treasures ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about the truth behind the Easter story.

And that behavior is what Easter fosters ... That’s why last year, Catholic Charities opened a state-of-the-art homeless shelter near the Holland Tunnel. Claudia Marks, its director of ...