Father Bill Quinlivan noticed something at his earliest Easter Sunday Mass this past weekend: a lot of people. The priest, who is the pastor of the five-church Catholic Family of Parishes of South ...

As previously noted, the Church’s greatest and most important liturgy of the year is the Paschal Vigil. It has pride of place. It is not just a long version of “Sunday Mass.” In the ancient Church, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cardinal Giovanni Battista presides over the Easter vigil as part of the Holy Week celebrations, at St Peter's Basilica. -/IPA via ...

St. Brigid Catholic Church’s annual Easter Sunrise Mass brought together 1,000 worshippers on Nickerson Beach on Sunday, April 5. The service opened with a powerful symbol of renewal: the congregation ...

(RNS) — Catholic dioceses across the United States are reporting a notable increase in adults entering the church this Easter, with some reporting the largest Christian initiation classes in history.

Pope Leo XIV called for dialogue and for those with the power to unleash wars to choose peace, in his first Easter Sunday message since becoming the head of the Catholic Church last year. Speaking ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Catholics across the Inland Northwest gathered to celebrate Easter at Our Lady of Lourdes in downtown Spokane. Hundreds attended the Easter mass, which aimed to inspire visitors to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday but it'll feel differently this year because of COVID-19. There will be no public celebrations but many will be live-streamed. Palms will also not be ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — The sun did rise, only it was hidden by thick gray clouds. The Syracuse sunrise Easter Mass continued anyway. With temperatures hovering near 40 degrees, a few hundred people with ...