During this sacred season of remembering Jesus s passion, let us realize that Passover is not merely an event to remember ...

Two days before Easter Sunday is another important Christian holiday. Known as Good Friday, the holy day commemorates the ...

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An excited crowd filled the wide square in Siena on June 9 1311. The shops were closed and a procession of clergy preceded the ruling Signori of the Nine and the officials of the city state, followed ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

In Catholic tradition, saints are to be revered, but not worshipped. Thus, Anderson said, artistic renderings of canonized ...

Holy Saturday falls between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, marking the solemn time when Jesus was in the tomb after his ...

Here's what you need to know about what's open today in North Carlina and why Good Friday and Easter move every year.

Due to weather considerations, the beloved Jazz Village on Friday, April 18, has been relocated indoors to the Baycourt ...

For children, this means the Easter Bunny will pay a visit to provide them with a basket full of treats, and for the devout, ...

The sermons she heard there drew from liberation theology (the radical late-20th-century movement which holds that the church ...

Hundreds of faithful walked solemnly Friday with actors portraying Jesus and his mother, Mary, marking one of the holiest of ...