It is an interesting time for Pope Francis to have ushered in a Holy Year, also known as a jubilee, for the global Catholic Church – a time for peace, forgiveness and pardon. With the sad reality of ...

Later, he referred to “the invader’s arrogance” in “Palestine.” B’nai B’rith criticized Pope Francis’s invoking in his new book of the outrageous, libelous charge of “genocide” by Israel.

Across faiths and across the globe, prominent individuals whose legacies are likely to continue to shape their ministries and ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In late November, during a brief audience with people involved in the sport of motorcycle racing, Pope Francis asked for prayers, joking that “my work is very accelerated, and my ...

Pope Francis appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and for the reconciliation between enemies in a ...

The pope invoked the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, which he opened on Christmas Eve to launch the 2025 Jubilee, as ...

NORAD’s annual tracking of Santa has endured since the Cold War, predating ugly sweater parties and Mariah Carey classics. The tradition continues regardless of government shutdowns, such as the one ...

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and spiritual leaders marked Christmas Eve 2024 with messages of hope, ...

The pope inaugurated the Catholic Church's historic 2025 Jubilee of "Hope" at the Vatican on Christmas Eve in traditional ceremonies before addressing thousands of Catholic faithful the next day.

The Pope's got jokes. Because religion isn't drab and dour, because laughter humanises, and without humanity where would we ...

But at the end of November, Francis denounced "the invader's arrogance" in Ukraine as in "Palestine", a contrast with the ...

A reflection on the comedy stylings of Pope Francis, who is telling priests to lighten up and not be so dour. It was a true ...