Holy Week and Easter marks the high point of the Christian calendar ... On Thursday afternoon, Francis made a surprise visit to Rome’s Regina Coeli prison to show his solidarity with inmates.

On a gray afternoon as people got out of work, they performed the Stations of the Cross, the Christian tradition marking ... The mariachi, made up of a dozen young musicians on guitars, horns ...

Thousands of people recited prayers while carrying large wooden crosses and walking through the streets of the Old City of ...

Jewish people have also shared special bread during holy times like Passover, and scholars have debated whether these customs influenced early Christian ... made spiced buns marked with a cross ...

the early morning sight of men carrying the cross served as a reminder of Easter, the most significant holiday for members of the Christian faith.

A Good Friday service has been held beneath three gigantic Christian crosses at the top of a Shropshire landmark, to remind people of the Easter story. St Margaret’s Church in Ratlinghope ...

Paul McCullough served as the director of the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoner’s limb shop in 1952 and led prisoners in the production of various artificial limbs. McCullough noted that ...

But there were unconfirmed reports in the Italian media that he hoped to visit Rome’s central prison later in the day ... least some Easter appearances. He made a surprise cameo at the end ...