Colored eggs, overflowing baskets and adorable bunnies tend to steal the spotlight on Easter. But the real focus for Christians, of course, is the big day itself and the entire week leading up to it.

ROME -- Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his ...

Holy Week begins this morning with the observance of Palm Sunday, when Christians carry palm branches to recall the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem before his crucifixion. Commemorating Palm Sunday with ...