It's one of the holiest and most somber days in the Christian calendar as followers remember the execution of Jesus.

Palestinian Christians have dwindled from 11% to less than 1% of the population in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The war in Gaza has put them on the precipice.

“This room was filled with religious icons,” he told me, pointing out rows of white climate-controlled ... inside a wooden church at the Manyava Orthodox Monastery in the foothills of the ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... The faithful begin to gather at churches and squares of the cities and villages before 11 p.m., carrying large white ...

Thousands of people recited prayers while carrying large wooden crosses and walking through the streets of the Old City of ...

In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in white tunics gather at the DSK Mariam Church to chant and pray in an ...

ATLIXCO, Mexico (AP) — Every year, crowds fill the streets of the central Mexican town of Atlixco on the Catholic holiday of ...

Black Catholics in America have ties back to colonial times and are actively campaigning for a Black Catholic saint.

Unable to attend the Good Friday ceremony in person for the third consecutive year, the pope offered deep meditations for the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in ... DSK Mariam is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churches — one of the ...