the Salubong reenacted the joyous meeting of the Risen Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, with an angel lifting her black veil to the sound of the Hallelujah. Children performed the Bati dance ...

The ceremonial guide that the Vatican follows is called the “Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis,” or “Rite of Burial for ...

“May the risen Christ grant Ukraine ... of his Cabinet – together with a strong afternoon breeze that blew his white zucchetto or skull cap – welcomed him. In his first major speech of ...

The remains of the deceased pope are then dressed in the white cassock and moved to the ... and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. The Vatican announced Monday that the canonization of ...

Then Ravelli will offer prayers as a preface to covering Pope Francis’ face with a white silk veil ... the Church’s faith in the risen Christ, eternal Shepherd,” Ravelli has previously ...

At the front of the church on Thursday, draped in black, stood a photograph of a ... Myanmar and the South Caucuses. “May the risen Christ grant Ukraine, devastated by war, his Easter gift ...

so that the celebration of the funeral of the Bishop of Rome might better express the Church’s faith in the risen Christ”. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the 91-year-old Italian who is ...

During the conclave, while the cardinals are secreted away in the Sistine Chapel, crowds gather in St. Peter’s Square to pray, hoping to be there when they see white smoke emerging from the ...

“And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed ... It means there is real, lasting victory in the risen Christ. Resurrection Day ...

The Paschal candle is lit, and the faithful proclaim the Risen Christ, the light that breaks through all darkness. But before that light, there is the necessary stillness of Black Saturday. Today, may ...