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In this image taken from video provided by eNCA, a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in Limpopo, South Africa, on Thursday, March 28, 2024, killing multiple people, authorities said. (eNCA via AP)

Bus plunges off South Africa bridge, killing 45 people; 8-year-old is only survivor

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Eggs are cleaned and disinfected at the Sunrise Farms processing plant in Petaluma, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, which had seen an outbreak of avian flu. Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Bird flu, weather and inflation conspire to keep egg prices near historic highs for Easter

By Dee-Ann Durbin - Associated Press

FILE- In this April 21, 2019, file photo, Sri Lankan police officers inspect the site of an explosion at the Shangri-la hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne, file)

Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings

By Krishan Francis - Associated Press

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads the Easter Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April 9, 2023. Since the rise of Israel's most right-wing government in history, church leaders say the 2,000-year-old Christian community in Jerusalem has come under increasing attack, with an uptick in harassment of clergy and vandalism of religious properties. Several church leaders, including the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the region, told The Associated Press they fear that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ultranationalist coalition has empowered extremists. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Holy Land Christians say attacks rising in far-right Israel

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Priests participate in the Easter Sunday Mass led by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Next year, why not spend Holy Week in the Holy Land?

By Itai Schimmel

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden wave from the Blue Room Balcony as they attend the 2023 White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 10, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden hails springtime renewal and a nation ‘made up of possibilities’ at Easter egg roll

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Pope Francis bestows the plenary 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central lodge of the St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican at the end of the Easter Sunday mass, Sunday, April 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope at Easter: Pray for Ukrainian, Russian people, refugees

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

A Ukrainian serviceman aims to fire a MSLR BM-21 "Grad" towards Russian positions, at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Saturday, April 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine attacks continue amid Easter pleas for peace

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Illustration on the choice between good and evil by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Culture of death vs. culture of life

By Robert Knight

The news media has always found President Trump to be a compelling topic, whether it was during his time in the White House as shown here— or during press coverage of his recent court appearance associated with the Stormy Daniels case. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

658-0 — the gap between MSM coverage of Trump legal woes, Biden family corruption

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this photo provided Jay LaJoie, russet potatoes produced by Maine growers are packaged to be loaded on a rail car headed for Washington State, at a warehouse owned by LaJoie Growers LLC, in Van Buren, Maine, Jan. 17, 2022. Maine is shipping potatoes all the way to the West Coast over the winter of 2021-2022, thanks to a banner harvest in Maine and a drought for growers in the West. (Jay LaJoie via AP)

Eggs are expensive, so farmers are pitching ‘Easter potatoes’ for baskets this year

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

When’s Easter? Pope wants end to differing dates in Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic traditions

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Irina Tromsa, 55, is contorted by comrades of her son Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, during his funeral at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Live updates | Ukraine: Civilians in steelworks beg for aid

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A Ukrainian priest blesses believers as they collect traditional cakes and painted eggs prepared for an Easter celebration in the in Lviv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)

Ukraine marks Orthodox Easter with prayers for those trapped

By Cara Anna and Inna Varenytsia - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from left, speaks during his meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Zelenskyy meets with Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin in Kyiv

By David Keyton - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves as he leaves his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis joins U.N. appeal for Orthodox Easter truce in Ukraine

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Bidens welcome families back to the White House for the Easter Egg Roll

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Pope Francis blesses the altar as he arrives to celebrate the Catholic Easter Sunday mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 17, 2022. For many Christians, this weekend marks the first time in three years they will gather in person to celebrate Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis warns Ukraine conflict could lead to nuclear war

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Hundreds of people light candles at the beginning of the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, April 16, 2022. For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marks the first time since 2019 that they will gather in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of the year's holiest days side by side with fellow congregants. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

For many, Easter Sunday marks a return to in-person worship

By Steve LeBlanc, Giovanna Dell'Orto and Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press

Pope Francis holds a Paschal candle as he presides over a Easter vigil ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Ukrainian mayor and lawmakers attend Vatican Easter vigil

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