On Feb. 22, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy celebrated the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion, the ...

Although Pope Francis did not preside at the liturgy due to his ongoing recovery from a recent hospitalization for double pneumonia, he made a surprise appearance in the basilica about two hours ...

Catholics celebrated the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, marking what Pope Francis in his homily said was the moment when “the divine light of the ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista presides over the Easter vigil as part of the Holy Week celebrations, at St Peter's Basilica. -/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa The Vatican is set to mark Easter Sunday, the ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican confirmed Pope Francis would preside over the Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, after he decided at the last minute to skip his participation in the Good Friday ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Each year, on the night before Easter Sunday Rev. Michael Martine, pastor of Holy Rosary R.C. Church, leads the Easter Vigil into the South Beach church. The Easter Vigil, also ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis returned to public view on Saturday, presiding over Easter vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, a day after unseasonably chilly weather in Rome convinced the recently ...

During the Easter Vigil on Saturday, more than 30 people joined the Catholic Church through the RCIA program. Four St. Joseph High School students were among them, each of whom received the Sacraments ...

ROMEROME — Pope Francis rallied from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems to lead some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday, making a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner ...