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Holy Week

A hooded penitent of the Nuestro Padre Jesus del Huerto y San Diego brotherhood participates in a Holy Week procession in Baena, southern Spain, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Women take pride in Holy Week roles after a Spanish Catholic brotherhood’s procession excluded them

Apr 4
Manu Fernandez,
Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV walks the Way of the Cross, offering lesson on power

Apr 4
Elise Ann Allen

Premium article: Easter eggs and tea leaves in the Augustinian pope’s Chrism Mass homily

Apr 4
Christopher R. Altieri

People walk a dog on a street in Havana, Cuba, on March 25, 2026. (Credit: Ramon Espinosa/AP.)

Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners for Holy Week as the US pressures the island’s government

Apr 3
Andrea Rodriguez,
Associated Press

Corpus Christi Catholic Church youth group members push a float with Jesus during a rehearsal for their Good Friday procession Monday, March 23, 2026, in Miami, Fla. (Credit: Marta Lavandier/AP.)

Good Friday is a unique and solemn day for Christians, with ancient prayers and fervent processions

Apr 3
Giovanna Dell'Orto,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV at the Papal Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, Italy, on April 2, 2026.(Credit: Vatican Media.)

On Holy Thursday, Pope Leo urges pastors to stand with the oppressed

Apr 2
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV presiding at the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, at April 2, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

During Holy Week, Pope Leo urges Christians to be prophets of unity

Apr 2
Elise Ann Allen

Penitents of the ‘Pollinita’ brotherhood, dressed in a typical Apostle costumes pose for a picture ahead the Holy Week procession in Cabra, southern Spain, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Photos show Christians marking Holy Week across the world

Mar 31
Associated Press

A vendor prepares a cage containing his birds before an annual pilgrimage of bird vendors to the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (Credit: Eduardo Verdugo/AP.)

In Holy Week, men carry towers of birds through Mexico’s streets

Mar 30
Eduardo Verdugo,
Associated Press

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, holds a prayer service to mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (Credit: Ammar Awad/Pool Photo via AP.)

Israeli police say new framework aims to ‘enable freedom of worship’ in Jerusalem

Mar 30
Melanie Lidman,
Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

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