With Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent behind us, Easter Sunday is right around the corner – preceded by another Christian holy day: Good Friday. Following the Lent season, when some indulge in ...

The Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in some respects looks like a traditional Mass with a rite (the veneration of the cross) added. It is not. First of all, it is not a Mass because no consecration of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Friday was celebrated by Christians around the globe as Good Friday, and Holy Cross Parish in Springfield was among several local churches that held a live ‘Stations of the ...

During the Good Friday liturgy at the Vatican, presided over by Pope Francis, the papal preacher reflected on the triumph of the cross, noting that it is an event that changed the universal perception ...

On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump hosted an Easter prayer service and dinner at the White House, following his and first lady Melania Trump’s Holy Week message last Sunday. That message ...

Francis, 87, had skipped a Good Friday ceremony to preserve his health. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis on Sunday presided over an Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square and later used his Easter ...