Cardinal Pizzaballa's homily in front of Jesus' empty tomb. “The world has a poor, even offensive idea of peace: too many ...

Priests were chanting in Aramaic, the ancient language of Jesus. I was longing to go into the sepulchre itself, a tiny chapel built over the site where Jesus had been buried after his death on the ...

In 1878, two nieces of Pope Pius IX ended their "begging tour" of the West in Omaha, where they could set up the first Order of the Poor Clares in ...

Visiting holy sites, seeing the mountains that Jesus knew. Praying with Palestinian Christians and staying with Christians ...

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

The sprawling 12th century basilica is built on the site where, according to tradition, Jesus was crucified and buried. The ...

Archaeologists recently unveiled a series of strange, centuries-old inscriptions at the site believed to be the location of the Last Supper – just in time for Easter.

Flames illuminated the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Saturday, where hundreds of Christians worshippers ...

Easter Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem Watch live as Christians gather for Easter Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. The sprawling 12th century basilica is ...

Holy water is also removed from the fonts in churches on Good Friday and Holy Saturday in preparation for the blessing of the water at the Easter Vigil. This removal also corresponds to those days ...