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 ...

Sixteen teams have received a few days of rest, but now it's time for the second weekend of the men's NCAA Tournament. Four teams will advance to the Elite Eight after Thursday's March Madness ...

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

Pope Francis' funeral is set to be held Saturday, but Tuesday, the pope was remembered at a special Mass led by Timothy Cardinal Dolan.

In the hours following his death, many Catholics reflected on the words in his final Easter urbi et orbi blessing, which had ...

Pope Francis relished dramatic moments, and this turned out to be his curtain call: an Easter Sunday crowd filling a sunny St ...

( NewsNation) — Pope Francis spent his final days celebrating Holy Week, the seven days leading up to Easter Sunday. Francis, the 266th head of the Catholic Church, died Monday, the Vatican confirmed.

But even though Easter is significantly commercialized in stores and society in general, its origin is rooted in the Bible as ...

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