In Holy Week, the days just before Easter ... On Palm Sunday, a week before Easter, the Catholic Church recalls Jesus’ messianic entrance into Jerusalem before his crucifixion.

In most churches, the decorations are red to symbolize the blood of martyrdom. Some churches remove all decorations on Good Friday, veiling anything that can’t be removed in black or purple.

This is a Holy Week unlike any in recent memory ... his resurrection from the dead on Easter Sunday,” says Groome. “For Christian faith, there is no more significant week of the liturgical year.” But ...

Pope Francis, 88, died the day after Easter He spent his final days celebrating Holy Week Francis made public appearances on Holy Thursday, Easter Sunday Francis, the 266th head of the Catholic ...

For more than 400 years, Catholic ... Easter dates can be as much as five weeks apart. They can coincide in back-to-back years, or a decade can pass without it happening. Days before his five-week ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...

Emma Stuart from Manorcunningham spent her Easter in Athens. In a special feature, she tells us how Holy Week brought ...

Saturday: Easter Vigil 8 p.m. Easter Sunday — Mass 7 and 10 a.m. San Vicente/San Roque Catholic Church, Barrigada Holy Thursday: 6 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Last Supper with Washing of the Feet ...

Pope Francis appeared in front of thousands of Catholic faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for Easter, despite the 88-year-old pontiff’s frail health that has kept him from most Holy Week events ...

Still, Kelly is optimistic, hoping that Holy Week is the catalyst to ... as members prepare for the first Easter service held at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church since the church merged with ...

Christians across the world are marking Holy Week with processions ... of Filipinos and tourists each Easter weekend to sites across Asia's only majority Catholic nation. A female penitent is ...