Easter brings eggs and pastels, but what’s the meaning behind the holiday — and the other springtime religious observances?

Easter Sunday, or Resurrection Sunday, is one of the most significant Christian holidays on the calendar. The day ...

As followers of Jesus Christ our risen Lord and Savior, we are preparing to celebrate our most sacred and important event the ...

An ecclesiastical holy year is meant to have an influence, to give added meaning, to everything the Catholic Church does over ...

An ecclesiastical holy year is meant to have an influence, to give added meaning, to everything the Church does over the ...

Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as ...

Secondly, the Holy Spirit descended upon the Church on Pentecost Sunday (Acts 2:1ff). Also after His Resurrection ... [Col. 2:16-17] According to these verses, the Hebrew diet, festivals and ...

94 On several occasions Christ promised this outpouring of the Spirit, 95 a promise which he fulfilled first on Easter Sunday and then more strikingly at Pentecost. 96 Filled with the Holy Spirit ...

For weeks, Catholics throughout the globe worried about their Pope's health and prayed for him, and now Pope Francis has died ...