Pope Leo XIV, carrying a tall, lit candle through a darkened and silent St Peter’s Basilica, ushered in Christianity’s most joyous celebration with his first Easter vigil service as pontiff on ...

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.

Pope Leo XIV, carrying a tall, lit candle through a darkened and silent St. Peter’s Basilica, ushered in Christianity’s most ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, carrying a tall, lit candle through a darkened and silent St. Peter’s Basilica, ushered in ...

Inside the Colosseum, Leo began the procession flanked by two young people holding torches, and followed by clergy.

Pope Leo XIV marked his first Good Friday by becoming the first pontiff in decades to personally carry the wooden cross for ...

Some have spent late nights in the kitchen, whipping up Egyptian delicacies, while following the news and tracking the many canceled flights between the United States and the Middle East. Others ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After thousands of Iranian demonstrators were killed in a January crackdown, Shima Razavi Gacek wanted to keep alive her family's favorite springtime holiday traditions but didn’t ...

Venezuela and Japan are battling it out in a high-scoring World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game. Japan had a 5-4 lead in the top of the sixth inning, before Wilyer Abreu hit a 3-run home run to ...