The Hindu nationalist government of northern Manipur, India, issued a decree on Wednesday declaring Easter Sunday a work day, triggering widespread outrage and forcing officials to revoke the order a day later.
A bus with 46 Christians on board veered off a bridge in the mountains of South Africa, killing all passengers except an 8-year-old girl.
Christians observe Good Friday today, solemnly remembering the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, where the faithful believe that the divine Son of God paid the price for sin to reconcile countless people to their Creator through his death on a cross, followed by the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday.
Sri Lanka will mark its fifth Easter since the harrowing April 21, 2019, jihadist suicide bombings that killed 275 people and injured dozens of others, deliberately targeting crowded churches and popular hotel brunch spots.
Fairfax County, Virginia, has named March 31, 2024, as “Transgender Visibility Day.” That also is Easter Sunday and many Christians see it as a hijack of their most sacred holiday.
While many companies do not acknowledge Easter, a couple of Tennessee McDonald’s franchise owners are celebrating with their customers.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the occupied Donetsk region of the eastern Donbass on Tuesday, meeting wounded soldiers and assessing the battleground situation after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin revealed, had toured eastern Ukraine on Monday.
President Joe Biden on Monday said he plans on running for reelection but is still “not prepared” to make the announcement.
Victim rushed to hospital after stabbing outside church in Nottinghamshire, England on Easter Sunday, an alleged assailant has been arrested.
A helicopter dropped candy from the sky during an epic Pennsylvania Easter egg hunt on Saturday — to the delight of the children on the ground.
Educators at a North Carolina elementary school bought a student a new suit for church on Easter Sunday.
Singer and actress Bette Midler twisted the Easter message in a Sunday morning tweet which ended with calls for more gun control and a shout-out to Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Moms Demand Action.
The Archdiocese for the Military Services slammed Walter Reed for a “cease and desist order” to Catholic priests just before Holy Week.
Christians celebrate Easter today, marking what their faith considers the turning point of history: that Jesus Christ paid the penalty for sin by his death on a cross on Good Friday, and God showed that this sacrifice forever justified those who believe by raising Jesus from the dead, highlighting a historical debate of a “trilemma” over a question Jesus asked 2,000 years ago.
A motorcycle dealership in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is helping make Easter special this year for local children.
High egg prices are forcing many Americans to rethink their Easter traditions as they struggle financially in Joe Biden’s (D) economy.
The University of Swansea renamed its Lent and Michaelmas terms, claiming they “no longer resonated with the student body”.
Christians worldwide observe Good Friday today, the day when Jesus Christ died upon a cross on a hill named Golgotha outside a gate in the wall at Jerusalem in Israel, in what Christians believe was a willing sacrifice to bring peace with God to billions across the centuries.
An Idaho cat with only one eye will be receiving his official Cadbury “bunny ears” after winning a national contest held by the candy brand, becoming the first cat to win the contest.
The authoritarian Sandinista regime of Nicaragua banned the nation’s Catholic Church from celebrating all Holy Week processions, ecclesiastical sources informed local media on Friday.
A man who was praised for cleaning after last year’s Easter Qur’an riots by Swedish media has been arrested after being accused of rioting.
A report into the Easter riots sparked by anti-Islam activists found police lacked the proper skills and manpower to meet the violence.
Three men were sentenced for the Easter riots earlier this year that followed a burning of the Islamic Qur’an by anti-Islam activists.
Three men in the Swedish city of Linköping have been sentenced to prison over their involvement in riots triggered by anti-Islam activists burning the Qur’an. More burnings are now planned.
Half of the police officers who attended the Muslim Easter riots in the city of Örebro say they have experienced mental health problems following the violence that saw several officers attacked and injured.
Two of the four people convicted by a Swedish court in connection to Easter’s Qur’an burning riots will be deported.
A migrant man who attempted to throw a large stone at a Swedish police officer has become the first person convicted following the multi-day riots over Easter across Sweden in reaction to the burning of copies of the Islamic Qur’an.
Pope Francis once again called for peace Sunday, which marked the two-month anniversary of the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis and the Holy See have joined the United Nations in appealing for an Easter truce in Ukraine.
As the president started commenting on Afghanistan and Pakistan at an Easter egg event, a costumed staffer rushed up to him and started waving its hands to interrupt him.
Venezuelans in the national capital, Caracas, burned effigies of dictator Nicolás Maduro and his Russian patron Vladimir Putin in public this weekend as part of an Easter tradition known as “the burning of Judas.”
President Joe Biden complained his staff would not let him read a children’s book during an Easter event at the White House.
President Joe Biden welcomed children and parents to the White House on Monday to celebrate Easter but made no mention of God or Jesus during his speech marking the Christian holiday.
Armed members of the Mai-Mai rebel movement stormed a Catholic church during Easter Sunday Mass in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after which one of the rebels was shot dead by soldiers.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden went into hiding for the Easter weekend as controversies continue swirling around their family.
A pair of North Carolina churches each gave out 500 gas cards Saturday to help community members facing sky-high gas prices this Easter.
Marbach Christian Church in San Antonio, Texas, held an Easter basket giveaway event on Saturday to let neighbors know how much they are loved.
Senior British royals including Prince William and his wife Kate have attended an Easter Sunday church service at Windsor Castle.
Archbishop Justin Welby, the de facto head of the Church of England, has used his Easter message to attack British government plans to transfer some male boat migrants to Rwanda while their asylum claims are processed, claiming the policy “is the opposite of the nature of God”.
Christians living in countries hostile to Christianity often face increased fears for their personal safety in the run-up to the Easter holiday, Mike Gore, the CEO of Open Doors Australia and New Zealand (an organization that aids persecuted Christians) wrote in an op-ed for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Thursday.
