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

Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, ...

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

A still-convalescing Pope Francis said on Thursday he was doing "as best I can" as he visited inmates at Rome's central jail ...

The fact that we are celebrating together, it's of course, a joy because it is something which is reminding us that we are ...

While Pope Francis is still recovering from his lengthy hospital stay, the 88-year-old religious leader still managed to make ...

Good Friday is normally a busy day for Pope Francis, but he's still recovering from a hospitalization that lasted for more ...

A still-convalescing Pope Francis said Thursday he was doing “as best I can” as he visited inmates at Rome’s central jail before Easter. The 88-year-old Argentine pontiff spent about a half hour at ...

Pope Francis continues to recover from double pneumonia he contracted in February. Matthew Petrusek, director of the Word on Fire Institute, says Francis will continue to preside over Holy Week ...

Holy Week is a time when the pope would be expected to be front and center of events. But as Francis continues to recover ...

In a country where Catholics faithfully abstain from eating meat during Lent, one island quietly stands apart — not for ...