Easter is this Sunday, April 20. But for many Christians, the Easter season has already been underway for weeks and won’t end until well after Sunday. Lent began on Ash Wednesday, which fell on ...

A Catholic church in Queens was engulfed in flames less than 24 hours before worshippers were set to gather for Easter Sunday mass. The fire broke out at Saint Edmund Church of the Holy Trinity ...

Easter Sunday is the "feast of feasts" in the Catholic Church, often referred to as the "greatest day of celebration", and it is preceded by a period of fasting, prayer, and penance during Lent ...

This weekend, thousands of people will flock to Easter Sunday Masses at Catholic Churches throughout the Chicago area. Many of these congregants have not walked into the darkened portals of a ...

Many denominations observe celebrations during Holy Week leading up to Easter, marked by Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. Here's what to know about Easter ...

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the churches ...

Pope Francis blessed thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday with a surprise popemobile romp through the piazza, as he continues to recover from a near-fatal bout of double ...

Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration’s migrant deportation plans.

Earlier on Sunday, Pope Francis also met briefly with Vice President JD Vance, a devoted Catholic, who was visiting Rome with his family. "I know you've not been feeling great, but good to see you ...