Check out these sights, sounds, and flavors of Holy Week around the globe. April 15, 2014— -- intro: Easter is fast-approaching, and leading up to the springtime holiday is Holy Week, which, in ...

Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, Mexico and Philippines. The week between Palm Sunday and Easter, known as Holy ...

In a country defined by deep inequalities and cultural divisions, the Semana Santa celebration plays a key role in forging national identity.

Santa Semana—or Holy Week—in Spain is a big, BIG deal. Started in the 1600’s as a way for the “common folk” to understand and participate in religion, today, the Holy Week events have been declared ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista presides over the Easter vigil as part of the Holy Week celebrations, at St Peter's Basilica. -/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa The Vatican is set to mark Easter Sunday, the ...

Local choirs and orchestras perform prelude music before the Journey to Easter concert. The event featured the Lux Choral Society, Salt Lake Symphonic Choir and others. (Emily May) Utah choirs, ...

This year’s Easter celebrations in the Holy Land are expected to unfold under a complex and emotional landscape marked by sorrow and hope as war continues in Gaza and security tensions escalate across ...

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 Church ...