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 ...

At an Easter vigil in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis on Saturday encouraged people to resist cynicism or pursuing the "glitter of wealth," and to avoid seeking life's meaning in "things that pass ...

This year we had the awe-filled opportunity to journey with eight students as they prepared to receive sacraments of initiation to become Catholic at the Easter Vigil. Four of them were catechumens– ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II, determined to celebrate Easter ceremonies despite painful ailments, marked the final hours before the holiday at Saturday's candlelight vigil in St. Peter's Basilica, ...

NEWTON — Aaron Gunsaulus, a former Protestant pastor and new convert to Catholicism, recently sent out a message on X about the “wild ride” his journey of faith has been. By the time he got home from ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II led a solemn candlelight vigil in the final hours before Easter Sunday, pushing forward with his tiring schedule of Holy Week ceremonies. The ailing 82-year-old ...

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 ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope John Paul II led a solemn candlelight vigil in the final hours before Easter Sunday, pushing forward with his tiring schedule of Holy Week ceremonies. The ailing 82-year-old ...