VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the ...

Both faiths hold Holy Saturday vigils to welcome Resurrection Morning. Orthodox follow up the vigil with early-morning prayer and song services. Both faiths decorate Easter eggs, the Orthodox dyeing ...

Crucifixes are unveiled after the Good Friday ceremonies and all other images just before the Easter vigil Mass on Holy Saturday. On Holy Thursday, the Catholic Church celebrates a special Mass of ...

Jn 3:14-15). In this Votive Mass we adore and praise our Lord Jesus Christ, because by his Holy Cross he has redeemed the world. Through his death and resurrection he has thrown open the gates of ...

Johor changed its weekend to Friday and Saturday in 2014, in a mark of respect for Friday as the holy day for Muslims. In October 2024, the state’s Regent, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim ...

LI A vigil was held Saturday evening for the 4-year-old boy shot and killed on Christmas Eve morning. Baltimore County police said the child was killed by his own father, Mark Jones, who is also ...

Some of the relatives of those killed were among those who gathered on Saturday night on Bourbon Street, the famous French Quarter thoroughfare where the attack took place. The vigil began near a ...

It's the final week of the NFL regular season, and the action kicked off on Saturday with two AFC North rivalries. First up, the Baltimore Ravens secured their second straight AFC North title ...

It all kicks off on Saturday afternoon with an NFC North doubleheader for the ages. Led by two-time MVP and current MVP candidate Lamar Jackson. the Ravens will take on the Browns in Baltimore ...

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Mourners react next to crosses memorializing the victims of the New Year’s Day deadly truck attack and shooting along Canal Street near the intersection of Bourbon Street in ...

Saturday Night Live's 50th season has been one epic episode after another, with the cast and celebrity Hosts delivering plenty of memorable moments and standout sketches. The most recent new ...

Bank holiday today: Are banks open or closed on Saturday, January 4? All banks are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, apart from Sundays and other national and regional holidays.