Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

As spring approaches so does Ash Wednesday, Lent and Easter Sunday. Here's when all three happen and where you can find ...

Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the ...

Pope Francis emphasized that hope is “always possible” in Jesus Christ during an ecumenical vespers service marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the ...

Pope Francis on Sunday called for a unified Easter date among Christian churches in the spirit of promoting unity. "It is a ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

Members of the 119th Congress overwhelmingly identify as religious, and though the share of Christian members of Congress has dropped slightly in recent years, Christians are still overrepresented in ...

On the whole, Congress is much more religious than the U.S. population as a whole. Case in point: Nearly 30% of the country’s adults identify as religiously unaffiliated — compared with 0.6% ...

Christian converts in Kosovo, where the vast majority of people are Muslim, hope to revive a pre-Islamic past they see as a key to their European identity. By Andrew Higgins and Fatjona Mejdini ...

A higher score on the social hostilities index (SHI) indicates greater levels of religion-related harassment, mob violence, terrorism, militant activity, and conflicts over religious conversions ...