Check out these sights, sounds, and flavors of Holy Week around the globe. April 15, 2014— -- intro: Easter is fast-approaching, and leading up to the springtime holiday is Holy Week, which, in ...

Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, Mexico and Philippines. The week between Palm Sunday and Easter, known as Holy ...

Santa Semana—or Holy Week—in Spain is a big, BIG deal. Started in the 1600’s as a way for the “common folk” to understand and participate in religion, today, the Holy Week events have been declared ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista presides over the Easter vigil as part of the Holy Week celebrations, at St Peter's Basilica. -/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa The Vatican is set to mark Easter Sunday, the ...

Pope Francis made a prayerful pilgrimage to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on Saturday afternoon, continuing the pontiff’s gradual return to public appearances ahead of Holy Week celebrations.

This year’s Easter celebrations in the Holy Land are expected to unfold under a complex and emotional landscape marked by sorrow and hope as war continues in Gaza and security tensions escalate across ...

Pope Francis, 88, died the day after Easter He spent his final days celebrating Holy Week Francis made public appearances on Holy Thursday, Easter Sunday Francis, the 266th head of the Catholic Church ...

(NewsNation) — Pope Francis spent his final days celebrating Holy Week, the seven days leading up to Easter Sunday. Francis, the 266th head of the Catholic Church, died Monday, the Vatican confirmed.