Pope Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, will be inaugurated at a mass in St. Peter's Square next week.

Leo, who is the first American pope, also wished all mothers, "including those in heaven" a Happy Mother's Day, with the US among many countries celebrating the occasion on Sunday.

In the Catholic Church, the faithful celebrated the sacred Triduum, the period from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday, which marks the end of the 40-day prayerful season of Lent.

The weeks-long spring tradition of Lent is celebrated by millions of Christians around the world. The period leads up to Easter Sunday, celebrated in honor of Jesus Christ's resurrection.

Easter 2025 is this Sunday, April 20, 2025. Lent, the 40-day period of prayer and fasting before Easter, ends this Thursday, April 17, 2025. Holy Week, the most important week in Catholicism ...

The end of the Lent and fish-fry Fridays is near, as Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter and Passover approach. Unlike many other holidays, the Easter holiday dates change every year.

Easter will be celebrated on Sunday, April 20th in 2025 for most Christians. Lent began on March 5th, 2025 and ends on April 17th or 19th depending on the denomination. Good Friday is on April ...

Lent always begins on Ash Wednesday, which this year fell on March 5, 2025. During Ash Wednesday, ashes are placed on a worshipper's forehead in the shape of the cross.

Ash Wednesday marked the first day of Lent, which will last for six weeks up until Easter at the end of April. Here's when Easter and other related dates take place in 2025, as well as what they mean.

On this First Sunday of Lent, two faith leaders revealed their thoughts about praying to God and the intense preparation by Christians needed ahead of the Easter holiday this year.

A reading from the Gospel according to St Luke, chapter 4. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by ...