Cities worldwide are gearing up for New Year celebrations, from fireworks in Rio and Sydney to cultural traditions in ...

More than one million people gathered at Sydney Harbour for celebrations and an annual fireworks display which featured a ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands of revelers counting ...

New Year's Eve preparations are underway in Times Square in New York, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)Auckland ...

Auckland welcomes 2025 with fireworks, while cities worldwide prepare for New Year celebrations amid global challenges.

More than one million people gathered at Sydney Harbour for celebrations and an annual fireworks display which featured a ...

Midnight Mass, with bubbles Rome’s traditional New Year’s Eve festivities have an additional draw: the start of Pope Francis’ Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century celebration projected ...

Midnight Mass, with bubbles Rome’s traditional New Year’s Eve festivities have an additional draw: the start of Pope Francis’ Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century celebration projected to bring ...

Protecting life, caring for wounded life, restoring dignity to the life of every ‘born of woman’ is the fundamental basis for building a civilization of peace,” Francis said.

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy ... the choir inside the basilica began Christmas Eve Mass. In his homily, Francis said the Holy Year is an opportunity to relieve ...