The faithful around the world celebrate Holy Saturday on April 8, 2023. Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday, is the day that some believe Jesus — his body in his tomb — descended into hell for ...

Emptiness isn’t usually something to get excited about. Unless it’s Easter morning. Because in the empty tomb, Christians encounter the miracle of our faith. And in that moment, everything changes.

Brynne Young, left, and Brooklyn Fuerst dip their “Resurrection Rolls” in butter and sugar on Holy Thursday at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School in Columbus Grove. The activity helps the children ...

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Mag­dalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came run­ning to Simon Peter and the ...

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Mag­dalene went to the tomb and saw the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came run­ning to Simon Peter and the other ...

Last year, on what was Easter Sunday according to the eastern liturgical calendar followed by many in Egypt, I visited the pyramids of Giza. Standing under the watchful gaze of the Sphinx, I was ...

• Anguish — What must it have been like for Jesus to anguish in prayer in the garden of Gethsemane? Going a little farther? Falling on His face? His sweat like drops of blood falling to the ground?

The traditional image of Jesus’ tomb as a small, single chamber is increasingly questioned by scholars. Archaeological evidence suggests that tombs in first-century Jerusalem were typically ...

Pope Benedict XVI today visited the Holy Sepulcher, the site of the entombment of Jesus and his subsequent resurrection on Easter Sunday. The Pope said the empty tomb of Jesus “speaks to us of hope, ...