In most churches, the decorations are red to symbolize the blood of martyrdom. Some churches remove all decorations on Good Friday, veiling anything that can’t be removed in black or purple.

Holy Week is the observance of the seven days of ... Wednesday: This is the day Judas contracted with the chief priests to identify Jesus so they could seize him and proceed with their plan ...

A video showing a Holy Week procession at the Santa Maria de Gracia church in Cartagena, in the Murcia region of Spain, was shared on social media with false captions saying that it showed satanic ...

Spain’s confraternities often make headlines in the foreign press as their Holy Week processions have become a tourist ...

In Holy Week, the days just before Easter ... People stay for a time, adoring the wondrous sacrament that Jesus instituted that day 2,000 years ago. Some make an adoration visit at their own ...

Here's what to know about Good Friday. Good Friday, the second-to-last day of Holy Week, falls on Friday, April 18. The holy day commemorates "Jesus’ trial before Pontius Pilate, his sentence of ...

Pope Francis, 88, died the day after Easter He spent his final days celebrating Holy Week Francis made public appearances on Holy Thursday, Easter Sunday Francis, the 266th head of the Catholic ...

The basis of a day is simple — one rotation of the earth ... It is my hope and prayer that you had a blessed Holy Week, as it draws to a close for 2025, and that your Easter, just ahead ...