CHICAGO (OSV News) — Easter Triduum visits ended the Lenten season for a small group of Chicago-area religious and clergy who ministered to people in the U.S. without legal authorization that are ...

Holy Week in the Holy Land is unfolding in unprecedented silence, as war-related restrictions have left sacred sites largely without the faithful. Israeli authorities, citing security concerns amid ...

Israel said the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem would regain access to Christianity's holiest site after the decision to block him from entering the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday triggered international ...

Israel said the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem would regain access to Christianity's holiest site after the decision to block ...

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In the span of two days, a meetinghouse in Herriman, Utah, is transformed into an immersive experience that brings to life the final week of Jesus Christ’s ministry. Each year during Holy Week, the ...

New Delhi: Holy Week 2026, spanning from Palm Sunday on 29 March to Easter Sunday on 5 April, stands as the pinnacle of the Christian liturgical calendar, inviting believers worldwide to commemorate ...

5. Prayer produces the power of spiritual authority. After Jesus rose from prayer, the Gospel of John tells us that: Knowing all that would come upon Him (John 18:4), Jesus went forth and asked, “Whom ...

Gethsemane translates to “oil press.” The Garden of Gethsemane means the place of the Olive Press. Why is this relevant? As we see in Scripture, that means the place of peril becomes the anointing of ...

SOME years ago I got up one morning intending to have my hair cut in preparation for a visit to London, and the first letter I opened made it clear I need not go to London. So I decided to put the ...

JERUSALEM – Each October, monks and nuns gather olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden – where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent his last night before being taken into Jerusalem ...

Spending time in the Garden of Gethsemane is unlike any other experience in Israel. Nestled at the foot of the Mount of Olives, just across the Kidron Valley from the Old City, it is both beautiful ...