That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

Pope Francis has started Easter Sunday celebrations, amid renewed focus on his health. The 87-year-old will give the "Urbi et Orbi" address later in the day. Crowds cathered in St. Peter's Square ...

Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday and made a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap ...

Pope Francis presides over vespers at the ... as momentum builds for Catholics and Orthodox to consider celebrating Easter on the same date in this historic anniversary year.

Pope Francis presides over a Holy Mass on the occasion of the Sunday of the Word of God and the Jubilee for the World of Communication in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Alessia Giuliani/IPA ...

Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East. Noting that in 2025 the date coincides on the West’s ...

Pope Francis has renewed his proposal for the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church to have a common date to celebrate Holy Week and Easter.

Pope Francis reaffirms Catholic Church's willingness to accept a common date for Easter in the West and East, highlighting ...

Pope Francis posed Jesus’ question “Do you believe this?” to Christians worldwide during an ecumenical vespers service on ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

Pope Francis posed Jesus’ profound question ... as momentum builds for Catholics and Orthodox to consider celebrating Easter on the same date in this historic anniversary year.