Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY-- During a Mass in which priests renew their ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Holy Thursday is one of the three holiest days in the Catholic Church, leading up to Easter. Masses were celebrated in churches throughout the region, and a special one was also ...

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Bishop David Zubik stood Thursday afternoon in a narrow Allegheny County Jail hallway lined with white cinder blocks and spoke about how faith can lead to redemption. “The man who was crucified next ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has changed the rules for the Church’s traditional foot-washing ceremony on Holy Thursday, issuing a decree allowing women to participate in what has until now been a ...

Philadelphia's Archbishop Nelson Perez is recovering after he fainted two times during a Catholic service on Thursday. In a social post, Archbishop Perez explained that he had been feeling lightheaded ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Basilica of St. John Lateran on April 2, restoring a long-standing Roman tradition that Pope Francis set aside throughout ...

Pope Francis washes the feet of an inmate at the Rebibbia women's prison on the outskirts of Rome as he celebrates the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper on March 28, 2024. The pontiff washed the ...