Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, falls on April 18, 2025. The holiday remembers the day that Jesus Christ suffered and ...

Many families make holiday celebrations more memorable by establishing traditions. Some families gather at Easter to dye and decorate Easter eggs; other worship together at Easter Sunday sunrise ...

Santa Semana – or Holy Week – in Spain is a big, BIG deal. Started in the 1600’s as a way for the “common folk” to understand ...

Though not yet near pre-pandemic levels, Mass attendance numbers are on the rise in England and Wales, according to figures ...

Historic Braga is fast becoming an arts epicentre, with their efforts rewarded by being crowned the Portuguese Capital of ...

Swap Porto for Braga, Portugal's 2025 Capital of Culture. This historic yet hip city offers Roman ruins, spiritual festivals ...

As someone who attended an Episcopalian school for the majority of my life, I was unfamiliar with the concept of a strict religion.

"Paint the image according to the pattern you see, with the signature: Jesus, I trust in You ... to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter; that Sunday is to be the Feast of Mercy." ...

A few words on singer/actress Marianne Faithfull who died last week at the age of 78. I have followed her career with some interest because she lived in my home town of Reading in the early 1960s, att ...

Women In the New Evangelization retreat last year, Alyssa Bormes met a woman who had previously been away from the Church for over 40 years.

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

Easter will be in late April this year, making it one of the latest possible dates for the holiday. Here's how the date for Easter is determined.