The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways no predecessors had done before.

Pope Francis, formerly Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, was the first Latin-American pontiff in the history of the ...

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 ...

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the ...

Gibson invested tens of millions of his own money into 2004’s ‘The Passion of the Christ,’ and the film was a huge success, ...

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 ...

QURAYE, Lebanon (AP) — It’s become a Good Friday tradition in Quraye: residents and visitors converging on the southern ...

Pope Francis, who is still recovering from pneumonia, was not present at the Easter morning Mass but gave the Easter blessing ...

To purposefully ride the rollercoaster alongside the disciples and Jesus—the mixture of vomit and death and life, blood and sweat and tears. Holy Week began last week with Palm Sunday at the start of ...

According to a recent Gallup poll, “hope” is the top attribute used to describe positive leaders. The study showed hope is the most important quality people are looking for in a leader worldwide. I ...

Jesus' apostle, Peter, failed in many ways, but when the tomb was opened, he had not given up hope. That's the promise of ...