This Sunday is Palm Sunday, the first day of the Christian Holy Week leading up to Easter. On Palm Sunday, many churches distribute palm fronds to their parishioners, a reminder of the palms the Bible ...

There's just so much to love about spring: warmer weather, blooming flowers, and of course, all those special days that come with the season of rebirth and life—looking at you Easter! Thanks to ...

With Holy Week approaching, Christians are making preparations for Palm Sunday, which honors the last days of Jesus, his trial and crucifixion. It's celebrated on the first day of Holy Week and the ...

Pope Francis urged Catholics to focus on the cross during Holy Week as he celebrated Mass on Palm Sunday. Offering Mass at the Altar of the Chair March 28, the pope said that Holy Week was an ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week. "To carry the cross of ...

Christians all over the world are making preparations for Palm Sunday, a holiday commemorating Jesus Christ's final days on earth, his trial and crucifixion. The Christian celebration, observed on the ...

On Palm Sunday, hundreds of priests, bishops, cardinals, and laypeople solemnly carried large palm branches in procession through St. Peter’s Square to begin the first liturgy of Holy Week. “Dear ...

The smell of incense hung in the slightly hazy air inside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross late Sunday morning, as hundreds filled the sanctuary to observe Palm Sunday, marking the start of the ...