The Franciscan Spirituality Center welcomed participants of all ages and backgrounds for its 17th annual Justice and Peace ...

On Sunday, Israeli forces prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Franciscan Father Francesco Ielpo, the official guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ...

Pope Leo XIV carried the cross through the darkness of night on Good Friday at Rome's Colosseum, leading about 30,000 in ...

Pope Leo XIV became the first pope in 30 years to carry the cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at Rome's ...

In Catholicism, Good Friday is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence, meaning the religious holiday comes with a set of ...

The annual collection to support the work of Franciscans in the Holy Land will again be taken up in all parishes worldwide on Good Friday, which this year is April 3.

"We're followers of Jesus who was executed by an authoritarian power … and there is an inherent connection with our policies, ...

Inside the ancient arena of the Roman Empire that crucified Christ, Pope Leo XIV carried the cross through the darkness of ...

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The 70-year-old pope carried the cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross, holding it directly in front of his ...

Israel barred Catholic officials from privately praying at a historic Jerusalem church for the first time in centuries over security concerns involving the war — sparking outcry from US Ambassador ...

Church leaders in Jerusalem expressed sorrow over the news of the passage by the Israeli Knesset of a death penalty law — by ...