World leaders from 160 nations as well as members of the royal families of Europe joined a congregation of 200,000 Romans and ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced.

The pope passed away the morning after the holiest day in the Christian year, when the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Despite his poor health ...

Francis did not preside over the Vatican’s Easter Mass as he was limiting his workload since his hospitalization, but made an appearance at the end to deliver the twice-yearly blessing and message ...

From the Holy Sepulchre, the Church of the Resurrection, where this year Easter is being celebrated by Catholics and Orthodox on the same day, may the light of peace radiate throughout the Holy ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russia of creating a false appearance of honouring an Easter ceasefire, adding that Moscow continued to target Ukrainian cities after Putin announced ...

Faithful Christians around the world celebrated on Sunday the resurrection of Jesus Christ, from Vatican City where Pope Francis made a surprise appearance in his popemobile, to Ukraine, where a ...

Faithful Christians around the world celebrated on Sunday the resurrection of ...

The Vatican is celebrating Easter without Pope Francis presiding. The 88-year-old pontiff continues his recovery from a near-fatal bout of double pneumonia. In his place, Cardinal Angelo Comastri, the ...

The scent of herbs and flowers filled St. Elias the Prophet Orthodox Church on Saturday morning as the priest scattered roses and bay leaves throughout the sanctuary. The church’s youngest congregants ...