To join an OCIA program, reach out to a local Catholic parish. If you have Catholic friends, they may be able to help you ...

Pope Francis, who died April 21, a day after Easter, was the first from Latin America, a region where several countries have a Catholic supermajority ... shared cultural background with many ...

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the churches ...

By celebrating together this Nicene faith and by proclaiming it together, we will also advance towards the restoration of ...

“In light of this background, having Easter celebrated ... and Western churches to accept a common date for Easter, declaring the Catholic Church wants to “take a decisive step forward toward ...

At St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in West Baltimore, the pastor’s message on Easter was to be familiar, but with an added twist: The resurrection of Christ should inspire the congregants in ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox as established by the Council of Nicaea in 325. But Western churches — including Roman Catholic and ...

Sun-Times files Share This weekend, thousands of people will flock to Easter Sunday Masses at Catholic Churches throughout the Chicago area. Many of these congregants have not walked into the ...