Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the Catholic Church. Holy Thursday celebrates the ...

Maundy Thursday is a holy day for all Christians. Those churches that closely observe the liturgical calendar (i.e., Methodist, Anglican, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Catholic and Orthodox) will gather ...

then the celebration of his Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist on Holy Thursday, his passion and death on Good Friday, and finally, as Christians believe, his resurrection from the dead ...

While Francis’ funeral processions have broken with tradition in a variety of ways — including allowing the public to view his body — the mass will involve a series of longtime Catholic ...

Long live the Pope!” chanted sixth graders from Everest Academy, a Catholic school in Lemont, Ill., in front of Holy Name Cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago, following the election of ...