Pilgrims are lining up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks ...
Israeli authorities allowed a rare Gaza visit by the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista ...
May this be the last wartime Christmas, Cardinal Krajewski prays in Kharkiv, as he celebrated Mass in Ukraine amidst Russia's ...
Vatican envoy celebrates Mass with Gaza's Christians Dozens of worshippers gathered in the Holy Family Church in Gaza City as Pizzaballa and other clergy celebrated Mass. A Christmas tree was ...
Pope Francis continues his series of audience talks on the Holy Spirit, focusing on its role in evangelization and preaching ...
A look back at the horrible loss of life. By Hannah Beech A global crackdown on fentanyl has led cartels to innovate production methods and test their risky formulas on people, as well as ...
Christmas cheer is in the air, and dogs across the world are already in the holiday spirit. Pictures captured of man's best friend around the globe include everything from dogs dressed as Santa ...
The Catholic calendar has several ways to divide the Christmas season. The Church’s Western liturgical tradition sees Christmas as an octave, an eight-day celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
As Pope Francis maintains an intense schedule as sovereign of Vatican City State and Holy Father to an estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics world wide, from apostolic visits to private audiences ...
to save the stolen Christmas star on loan from the Vatican. "Anyone who has seen one of these movies can just take over for the characters and guess their lines as easily as the three cousins can ...
There’s nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions about Christmas music. And why not? Christmas is a very special time of year for many — myself included!