PHOTOS: Pope Francis is ... (CNA) Staff is a team of journalists dedicated to reporting news concerning the Catholic Church around the world. ... April 19, moments before the Easter Vigil.

Father Efrain Bautista celebrates Easter Vigil on the Holy Night of Easter at Corpus Christi Catholic Parish in Bonita on Saturday, April 19, 2025.

In pictures: How Easter is being celebrated around world from services in church ruins to horseback processions Photographs taken across the globe show all the different ways believers are marking ...

The Easter Vigil is the most important liturgical celebration in the Catholic Church, marking the transition from the solemnity of Holy Saturday to the joyful celebration of the Resurrection. This ...

Getty Images. Pope Francis' delegate Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presides over the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter's Basilica on 19 April in ... The head of Sri Lanka's Roman catholic church, ...

Christians from all over the world are celebrating Easter today, which is being observed on the same day by both catholic and orthodox Christians this year. Easter, an important event in ...

A Lithuanian Orthodox priest blesses cakes and Easter eggs during an Orthodox Easter ceremony at the Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo ...

04/20/2025 April 20, 2025. The 88-year-old pope delegated the reading of the Easter Mass to a cardinal. Francis is recovering from double pneumonia, which left him fighting for his life in the ...

BALLSTON SPA - The Easter Vigil service Saturday, April 19, 2025 at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Ballston Spa.

Vatican City, Apr 19, 2025 / 20:25 pm. Catholics celebrated Easter Vigil in the Holy Night at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, marking what Pope Francis in his homily said was ...

For the Easter Vigil, I visited three historic Catholic cathedrals, known locally as South Church, North Church, and West Church. Between the three churches, 267 new believers joined the faith ...

See scenes from the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. ... A $100 gift allows us to present award-winning photos of Catholic life in our neighborhoods.