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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pope Francis made a brief appearance for Easter Sunday blessing at the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, as the 88-year-old pontiff recovers from a serious bout of double pneumonia that led to an extended ...

Several hundred people, bundled up against the early morning chill, are expected to gather at Cline Family Cellars in Sonoma — rain or shine — on Easter Sunday to watch as the rising sun’s rays ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s Easter Sunday, which means a Mass celebration was held at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Springfield. “He died and then he lived again to open the doors for all of us,” ...

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 ...

(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.

The shelves of supermarkets are lined with Peeps, chocolate bunnies, plastic grass and baskets filled with goodies. Easter and the Easter Bunny are hopping into town this Sunday, and millions of ...