To illustrate this, we are given the symbol of the Nicaean fish ... Theological Commission’s April 2 document Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, released to mark the 1,700th anniversary of ...

The office of pope, successor of St. Peter, has always been steeped in symbolism. But as popes came and went, one symbol has ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell was seen sealing the door to ...

Easter is another Christian holiday that has become very commercialized over the years. Christmas was the beginning and Easter the end of extremely important holidays for Christians around the world.

Across the country this past Easter weekend, outdoor church bulletin boards proclaimed, “Alleluia, He is Risen,” and “Because ...

During the season of rebirth, clerics  geared their sermons toward picking up the pieces. The faithful reflected on faith ...

Thousands across metro Atlanta gathered atop Stone Mountain to catch the first light of Easter Sunday morning.

Christians today celebrate their holiest day, Easter Sunday, which commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Easter has long been a mix of the secular and the sacred, of candy, flowers and ...

"We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!" St. John Paul II famously proclaimed, and we are so because of that ...

One of the great hymns of Easter is the anthem by Richard Hillert entitled the Festival Canticle but better known as “This is the feast of victory of our God. Alleluia!” The words of that hymn ...

The early church believed that after his death Christ descended into hell in order to rescue the souls of the righteous.

Easter to Christians cannot be understated. After all, the festival commemorates the day that Jesus rose from the dead, conquering death and offering eternal salvation to all for all time. But it’s in ...