When you think about Easter, you might picture bunnies, baskets and chocolate. But even though Easter is significantly commercialized in stores and society in general, its origin is rooted in the ...

The Risen Christ stands in our midst. He has conquered the kingdom of sin and death. The Resurrection of the Lord stops the momentum of evil and leads us to glory unto glory. The accounts given in the ...

Sunday, April 14, is the Third Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Psalm 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9; 1 John 2:1-5a; Luke 24:35-48. In this Gospel, we see how the Lord confirms his resurrection ...

VATICAN CITY — The joy of Jesus' resurrection from the dead gives joy and strength to those who are called to bring peace, reconciliation and justice to the suffering and the downtrodden, Pope Francis ...

Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing at the conclusion of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 8, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez (OSV News) — This is the text from Pope ...

Reflections on Wesley’s great hymn of suffering and salvation. In the First United Methodist Church of Wichita Falls, Texas, Easter brought no surprises. The liturgy, combined with a music director ...

We’re quick to affirm the Resurrection, but we often miss its full meaning. Jesus expressed a similar sentiment when Lazarus died and his disciples saw the resurrection and the life in action: ...

Easter is the time "to roll away the stone of the tombs in which we often imprison our hope and to look with confidence to the future, for Christ is risen and has changed the direction of history," ...