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Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades
19+ hour, 10+ min ago (671+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the…...
Passover traditions: Seder, matzah, and the story of liberation
21+ hour, 46+ min ago (382+ words) Passover is a holiday that usually comes in the springtime around Easter. In Hebrew, Passover is Pesach, according to the "Today" show. It is an eight-day celebration that starts at sundown. It commemorates when the Jewish people escaped from slavery…...
Easter 2026: When is it; what is it; why isn’t it on the same date every year?
19+ hour, 12+ min ago (555+ words) Hey, do you have any idea when Christmas is?" is not a question you usually hear in late November or early December. Major holidays are stamped on our calendars, often with little symbols -- think cartoon turkey representing Thanksgiving. Easter, however,…...
Monthslong meditation on impermanence at a remote California Zen retreat meets a real-life fire
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (809+ words) A Buddhist meditation hall at the remote Tassajara Mountain Zen Center in Central California burned down just as practitioners were in the home stretch of a sequestered, three-month meditation program in which they had been contemplating the impermanence of existence....
Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (951+ words) TEL AVIV, Israel " Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private Mass on the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time in centuries, setting off a wave of criticism…...
Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message
6+ day, 44+ min ago (732+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square. With the U.S.-Israeli war…...
As border dynamics change, priest keeps ministering to migrants and deportees
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1129+ words) Over the past five years at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Rev. Brian Strassburger has gone from ministering to throngs of asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters to celebrating Mass with detained and deported migrants. But while border crossings have drastically shrunk under…...
Cancer nurse turned archbishop celebrates election as first woman to lead Church of England
1+ week, 3+ day ago (607+ words) LONDON " A former cancer nurse who became a priest at the age of 40 will be installed as archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday, publicly celebrating her election as the first woman to lead the Church of England. Although Sarah Mullally, 63, formally…...
Photos: Temple Israel attack
3+ week, 1+ day ago (59+ words) Photos: Temple Israel attack'KIRO 7 News Seattle Image 0 of 21 BBB gives 38 Buc-ee's "F' rating Temple Israel attack: Attacker identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali "Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' star Mikayla Matthews separating from husband Jace Terry 6 airmen killed in refueling aircraft…...
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle responds to Michigan synagogue attack
3+ week, 1+ day ago (227+ words) Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle responds to Michigan synagogue attack'KIRO 7 News Seattle Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle responds to Michigan synagogue attack Police in West Bloomfield, Michigan, responded to reports of shots being fired at a synagogue on Thursday. The…...