It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year on Easter Sunday ... grant peace and consolation to the African peoples who are victims of violence and conflict, especially ...

No one knows exactly when the Easter Rock ceremony started or why, but it's said the tradition started before the Civil War.

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, died on Monday ...

JOHANNESBURG, April 16 (Reuters) - South African police have rescued a kidnapped American pastor "miraculously ... was seized by armed men last week as he led a prayer service at his church ...

VATICAN CITY -- Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five ...

Among the thousands gathered for Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square is Gonzales native Darla Rye and her friends, Kim Defour, ...

Rock Ensemble carries on a women-led African American spiritual ritual, originally performed by enslaved Africans in the ...

"Now days, the Easter week and weekend religious services are not quite as packed as when I grew up attending St. Mary’s Catholic in Reliance." ...

Easter is celebrated in many different ways around the world. Many attend special church services, including sunrise gatherings, Mass, or Holy Communion, often filled with music, prayer ...

Tamron Hall shared a heartwarming post of her three-generation Easter crew. She, her mom, and her son Moses posed while ...