Pope Leo XIV ushers in Easter with his first vigil service as pontiff at St. Peter’s Basilica. He carries a lit candle ...

The pope led his first Easter Vigil with a plea for peace amid war, as the White House has pushed back on his Palm Sunday ...

Just as Mary Magdalene and the other women rushed to tell the disciples that Jesus is risen, "we too should desire to set out ...

The average American diocese saw about 38% more people joining the Church in 2026 compared with 2025, according to an ...

The ancient vigil 'stretches across the centuries as a path of reconciliation and grace,' the Pope said at the Vatican.

Before becoming Catholic at the Easter Vigil on April 4 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, Nadia ...

View our photo gallery from the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, April 4 (Reuters) - Pope Leo led the world's Catholics into Easter at a Saturday night vigil ...

A church in Scranton celebrated easter by holding a vigil mass. Hundreds gathered at St. Peter's Cathedral along Wyoming ...

Students waited for over 12 hours to get seats in the Basilica for the Easter Vigil service, but open seats remained in the ...

Easter Vigil is celebrated at Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church in Huguenot on Saturday, April 4, 2026. Fr. Joy Mampilly ...

He carried the cross for the entire 14 stations of the Way of the Cross on Good Friday, the first time for a pope in decades.