In Christian tradition, Good Friday is a day of sorrow, fasting and repentance. As with every Friday during Lent, Catholics ...

While pilgrimages to the Holy Land have been few and far between in the past 18 months, hundreds of Franciscan friars celebrate Mass at the sites associated with the life of Jesus each day and ...

On Good Friday, April 18, Catholics across the world will be asked to give to the Holy Land Collection, which is the main source of material support for Christians and the faith in the region. In 2024 ...

The Vatican called on Catholic bishops worldwide to make the Good Friday Collection a pastoral priority. The annual collection, which is essential for supporting Holy Land Christians amid war, ...

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In Downtown Crossing on Tuesday, the Democratic mayoral hopeful laid out his plan to break "the vicious circle" of ...

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and ends with Easter. It's celebrated by more than 2 billion Christians around the world.

(OSV News) -- Father Tomaž Majcen, a Conventual Franciscan, is the only Catholic parish priest in Greenland, working ...