That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the Catholic Church. Holy Thursday celebrates the ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

“The Catholic Church is open to accepting the date that everyone ... which gave Christians a common Creed and a formula for determining a common date for the celebration of Easter. Before the Council ...

Pope Francis reaffirms Catholic Church's willingness to accept a common date for Easter in the West and East, highlighting ...

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

The celebration on Jan. 25 marked the solemn ... (modern-day Istanbul), where Francis had affirmed that “the Catholic Church does not intend to impose any requirements except the profession ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.