Everyone knows that Easter takes place in the spring each year, but do you know what the day before Easter is called? It’s Holy Saturday. While Easter Sunday is filled with happiness and celebration, ...

The Lenten season ends this week and South Jersey churches are preparing to open for blessings of foods and nighttime vigils on Holy Saturday and on Easter Sunday itself both in-church worship and ...

Holy Saturday is the final day of Holy Week. It is when Christians all over the world prepare to celebrate and observe the resurrection of their lord and savior Jesus Christ. The day also concludes ...

Birds, dogs, cats and other animals lined up at St. Andrew Catholic School in Pasadena for a blessing Saturday by the Rev. Paul Sustayta. Such ceremonies normally happen during the October feast day ...

Many devout Christians spend the week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday attending a variety of services. We also know from Scripture a number of things Jesus did during his last week on Earth—who ...

The former apostolic nuncio to the United States issues appeal during “these modern times of terrible tribulation” when the “Evil One has gone into a frenzy,” multiplying attacks tempting “souls into ...

Parishioners at Saint Theresa Parish in Palatine had a special treat Saturday when Francis Cardinal George stopped by to give the traditional Holy Saturday blessing. Cardinal George blessed their ...