Obama hears Easter service with political theme
President Barack Obama attended Easter services at an Episcopal church near the White House and heard a sermon that criticized "captains of the ...
Pope makes Easter pleas for world peace
Pope Francis marked Christianity's most joyous day with a passionate plea for world peace, celebrating his first Easter Sunday as pontiff in the ...
Official Vatican text of pope's speech
Following is the official English language translation provided by the Vatican of Pope Francis' Easter Sunday message, delivered in Italian from the ...
Churches slam British government's welfare reforms
Government welfare reforms that include a contentious cut dubbed the "bedroom tax" will cause upheaval for some of Britain's most vulnerable people, ...
Pope presides over trimmed Easter Vigil service
Pope Francis celebrated a trimmed back Easter Vigil service Saturday after having reached out to Muslims and women during a Holy Week in which he ...
Shroud of Turin goes on display amid new research
The Shroud of Turin went on display for a special TV appearance Saturday amid new research disputing claims it's a medieval fake and purporting to ...
Chavez's legacy gains religious glow in Venezuela
Holding a Bible in her arms at the start of Holy Week, seamstress Maria Munoz waited patiently to visit the tomb of the man she considers another ...
AP PHOTOS: Images of Good Friday around the world
Christians in Good Friday processions the world over bear crosses, wounds and prayers over a few blocks or many miles to reenact Jesus' suffering on ...
Pope's foot-wash a final straw for traditionalists
Pope Francis has won over many hearts and minds with his simple style and focus on serving the world's poorest, but he has devastated traditionalist ...
Pope refers to "Muslim brothers" on Good Friday
Pope Francis reached out in friendship to "so many Muslim brothers and sisters" during a Good Friday procession dedicated to the suffering of ...
Pope prays at Good Friday rite recalling Mideast
Pope Francis praised the "friendship of so many Muslim brothers" during the Good Friday procession that re-enacts Jesus Christ's crucifixion and this ...
Christians mark Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday
Hundreds of Christians streamed through the cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, hoisting wooden crosses and chanting prayers to ...
Filipino devotees reenact crucifixion of Christ
Devotees in villages in the northern Philippines took part in a bloody annual ritual to mark Good Friday, a celebration that mixes Roman Catholic ...
Pope washes women's feet in break with church law
In his most significant break with tradition yet, Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of two young women at a juvenile detention center — a ...
Pope names successor in Buenos Aires
Pope Francis has made his first appointment of a bishop, naming Mario Poli on Thursday to succeed him as archbishop of Buenos Aires and the top ...
Pope reluctant to be pope: What does it mean?
He still goes by "Bergoglio" when speaking to friends, seems reluctant to call himself pope and has decided to live in the Vatican hotel rather than ...
Italy wants Argentina friendly dedicated to pope
Lionel Messi's Argentina playing Mario Balotelli's Italy in a friendly dedicated to newly elected Pope Francis. That's something Italy coach Cesare ...
Pope Francis forces Argentine political about-face
Catholic doctrine considers the pope to be God's delegate on Earth. That alone might explain the remarkable about-face that Argentina's populist ...
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