Minutes before midnight, the gold-leafed interior of St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church in downtown San Francisco began to glow with candlelight as parishioners filed inside for Easter prayers that ...

Pope Francis decried the numerous conflicts plaguing the planet and appealed to world leaders “not to yield to the logic of fear” in his Easter message urbi et orbi (“to the city and to the world”) on ...

The pope’s traditional blessing, “urbi et orbi,” was read by Archbishop Diego Ravelli, but Pope Francis later toured St.

Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

Easter will be celebrated the same day for Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox members alike. Father Kostandin Tuda of Holy ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated Ukrainians on the celebration of Easter. "Today is a very special day, ...