As the lights of St. Peter's Basilica were extinguished and silence settled through the sprawling interior, a single flame -- ...

It falls to us to proclaim this Easter hope, this ‘turning point’ where darkness becomes light,” the pope wrote in the homily ...

On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the dark and cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a ...

Easter at Church of Holy Sepulchre to witness ritual ignition of candles at traditional site of Jesus's tomb The post ...

This year’s annual Holy Fire ceremony, which precedes Orthodox Easter, took place at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in ...

24. "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pilgrims have been pouring into a medieval hilltop ...

The body of Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia, lies in his tomb in Assisi, Italy, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ...

Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church‘s first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass on April 27 in St. Peter’s Square. But throngs of pilgrims are already flocking to the church in ...

The following day, Good Friday, the Catholic Church celebrates the passion ... ceremony of lighting the fire and blessing the paschal candle. The following day, Easter Sunday, April 20, the ...

Crowds Flock to Newest Catholic Saint in Assisi — a Millennial Teen Whose Ordinariness Is the Draw ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate ...