VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Christians around the world will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on the ... forward toward unity around a common date for Easter. The Catholic Church is open to accepting the date that ...

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

At St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in West Baltimore, the pastor’s message on Easter was to be familiar, but with an added twist: The resurrection of Christ should inspire the congregants in ...