STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Each year, on the night before Easter Sunday Rev. Michael Martine, pastor of Holy Rosary R.C. Church, leads the Easter Vigil into the South Beach church. The Easter Vigil, also ...

Although Pope Francis did not preside at the liturgy due to his ongoing recovery from a recent hospitalization for double pneumonia, he made a surprise appearance in the basilica about two hours ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista presides over the Easter vigil as part of the Holy Week celebrations, at St Peter's Basilica. -/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa The Vatican is set to mark Easter Sunday, the ...

SAN ANTONIO – Hundreds gathered at the University of the Incarnate Word Saturday afternoon for an Easter Vigil Mass. The vigil marks the first celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and ...

The witness of ‘on fire’ Catholic peers and the campus’ faith-based ‘atmosphere’ are behind the 76-person-strong OCIA class.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has organized special services for Easter weekend, beginning with an Easter Vigil Mass for Holy Saturday at 8:45 p.m. The service will take place at ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI presided over a candlelit Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Saturday night, ushering in the most important event of Christian Church calendar with a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis returned to public view on Saturday, presiding over Easter vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, a day after unseasonably chilly weather in Rome convinced the recently ...

Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday and made a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap ...

On Sunday, April 13, the Archdiocese of Newark will join the Universal Church as Catholics and other Christians enter the most sacred week of the year, beginning with Palm Sunday and culminating in ...

People are gathering together around the world to celebrate Easter on Sunday, with photographs taken across the globe showing all the different ways believers are marking the occasion. In the home of ...