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It’s tradition in the Catholic Church to hold a nine-day mourning period after the Pope dies, but that just so happens to ...

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

How is Easter linked to eggs and bunnies? Here's what to know about the historical significance of the Christian holiday.

On Holy Saturday night at the Cathedral, Archbishop Nelson Pérez welcomed into the Catholic Church some of the 725 adults ...

It falls to us to proclaim this Easter hope, this ‘turning point’ where darkness becomes light,” the pope wrote in the homily ...

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

These graphics explain why Easter Sunday changes each year based on ancient interpretations of the solar and lunar cycles.

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

Sunday marked the first Easter since the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Seek the City to Come plan went into effect ...

Faithful Christians around the world celebrated on Sunday the resurrection of Jesus Christ, from Vatican City where Pope ...