Rooted in ancient Christian and Roman customs, the Novendiales is a period of nine consecutive days dedicated to mourning the ...

And claiming authority over it It is true that the Catholic Church through the authority of Christ replaced the Hebrew Sabbath (Saturday) with the Lord's Day (Sunday); however, this occurred very ...

The events of the Holy Week are recorded in all four Gospels of the Bible’s New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Between the fourth and sixth day after the pope’s death, the papal funeral takes place in St. Peter’s Basilica or St. Peter’s ...

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

Officials later described the post as a 'mistake', attributing the deletion to the Pope’s outspoken condemnation of Israel’s ...

On Great and Holy Saturday the Orthodox Church commemorates the burial of Christ and His descent into Hades. It is the day ...

As it happened, it was the pope’s last day on Earth. Pope Francis relished dramatic moments, and this turned out to be his ...

On Tuesday, the pope’s body lay in rest at his residency ... rising from the dead three days after Christians believe that he was put to death. In the Catholic and Orthodox calendars, Easter ...

Staff and volunteers serving up Easter lunches on Sunday at the Catholic Charities Dorothy Day Place campus were a ... “And be able to rest at night, which is important for everybody,” Emby ...

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