Santa Semana – or Holy Week – in Spain is a big, BIG deal. Started in the 1600’s as a way for the “common folk” to understand ...

Pope Francis spent his seventh day in hospital on Thursday, where he is being treated for pneumonia, as cardinals expressed ...

“I appeal to everyone to please pray for the Holy Father, pray for his speedy recovery,” Brown said over Church ... week, he continued to hold daily audiences in his Vatican residence, attended his ...

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for more than a week and was given oxygen and a blood transfusion on Saturday.

MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis has renewed his proposal for the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church to have a common date to celebrate Holy Week and Easter. The proposal, made public ...

of Holy Week. These days are the three holiest days in the Catholic Church. This Mass stresses the importance Jesus puts on the humility of service, and the need for cleansing with water ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Subramoney Iyer, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

Children played at a park during summer vacation in Santiago, Chile. Bolivians held a ceremony to elect representatives for Chuta, Pepino and Chola — characters for Carnival.

SINGAPORE: A priest who was attacked at the Church ... Holy Spirit, where Fr Cary Chan was hit in an alleged assault on Feb 9, 2025. (Photo: CNA/Syamil Sapari) The incident occurred after the 9 ...

Los Lunas-based Nicolas Otero, a longtime santero, has begun the schematics for the project, his first altar in New Mexico.

Holy Week observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of the Church, when devout people traveled to Jerusalem at Passover to reenact the events of the week leading up to the Resurrection.

Bishop Robert Brennan, the Bishop of Brooklyn, which includes Queens, led a special Mass in recognition of the Lunar New Year ...