Lent and fish-fry Fridays are coming to an end as Holy Week begins. Wonder what it all means? What and when is Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday ...

As the Christian calendar moves closer to our Easter celebration, this Sunday we sing our hosannas to the King during our ...

At the same time, Passover emphasizes the connection Jews feel with one another and with God. The service that accompanies ...

From the 1200s to the 1700s, the custom of Christian tattooing was prevalent in Europe among peasants, seafarers, soldiers and artisans as much as among nuns and monks. They were getting crosses, ...

DEVOUT believers join retreats every Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Black Saturday, commemorating our Lord's Last Supper, his ...

Around the world, they are in unusual venues ranging from a Japanese museum in a mountain forest to a Warsaw church dome ...

In Part 2 of "The Saints," legendary director Martin Scorsese looks at the lives of Saint Francis and others who sought ...

The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל.  It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys ...

Saudi Arabia has temporarily stopped issuing Umrah, business, and family visit visas to citizens of 14 countries, including ...

As Easter is approaching, the demand for lamb is rising, driven by this year's simultaneous celebration of Orthodox and ...

Numbers of Returned Sudanese from Egypt are increasing back to homeland after a long suffer. Retuned groups include a lot of ...

We never thought such massive attacks would happen again ... We thought the fighting had exhausted both sides’ ...