Holy Week is a time when the pope would be expected to be front and center of events. But as Francis continues to recover from double pneumonia, observers are on the lookout for surprise appearances.

Vance’s visit to the seat of Catholicism during the Church’s holiest days of the year comes under the shadow of his public tiff with an ailing Pope Francis and in the wake of

Pope Francis gave his first public comments since falling ill before his visit to Rome's Regina Caeli prison on Holy Thursday.

The stock and bond markets are closed for Good Friday, but will reopen on Monday, following the Easter holiday.

According to the Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center’s outlook, precipitation levels are expected to remain above normal from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic through the end of April, especially for Northeast Texas, North Louisiana, Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma and southern Missouri.

There is an isolated risk of strong storms heading into the Easter weekend. A warm front is moving through Southeast Michigan on Friday into Saturday. This will put much of the state in what is called the warm sector.

Severe weather will continue to slam the Central U.S. throughout Easter weekend, as areas have already been slammed with tornadoes and damaging winds, officials said.

If you need to stop by the store or want to grab a bite to eat on Easter Sunday, you may be wondering what's open and closed. Here's a list.