JERUSALEM -- The sound of drumbeats and hymns and light from thousands of candles and torches filled Christianity's most revered shrine Saturday as Orthodox faithful celebrated Easter week's holy fire ...

Today, olive oil is often hailed as helping to protect against disease, but beliefs in its medicinal or even sacred properties date back millennia.

Pope Francis will commence a centuries-long Catholic tradition on Christmas Eve and introduce a first-time, historical ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Pope Francis and the Vatican will open five spiritual portals starting Christmas Eve that are ...

I love Holy Week. As a Catholic priest, I love to become immersed with my congregation in the liturgical celebrations. While the Catholic Church celebrates the liturgies of this week with an array of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Pope Francis opened the first of five Holy Doors, signifying spiritual portals, on Christmas Eve ...

How does an unbeliever like me end up in a place that, according to my cohabitants for seven nights, lies closest to God?

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis traveled to a prison near Rome to wash the feet of a dozen inmates, a Holy Thursday ritual that symbolizes humility and highlights his papacy’s attention to those on ...