Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the Catholic Church. Holy Thursday celebrates the ...

“Holy Week remembers and celebrates the final week of Jesus' life on earth, beginning with Palm Sunday, which marks his entry into Jerusalem, then the celebration of his Last Supper and the ...

Monsignor Patrick Schumacher from Corpus Christi Church in Bismarck said Holy Week is ... s Holy Thursday and Good Friday liturgies. Instead, they offer a three-hour prayer service on Good Friday ...

The time from sundown on Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Day is also known as the Triduum, which is Latin for “three days.” Holy Week observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of ...

Pope Francis is resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia ...

Lent is a Christian season of prayer that lasts 40 days, not including Sundays, beginning on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and ending at sundown on Holy Thursday ... Holy Week is observed the week ...

Lent, a period of prayer and fasting ... 40-day season that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday the week before Easter, although some denominations continue it until ...

Pope Francis remains in stable condition with no new respiratory crises or fever and worked from the hospital as he recovered from double pneumonia, the Vatican said.