Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian ...

And the Holy Innocents, victims of Herod’s persecution, give their lives in place of Jesus. They testify to him by their ...

Pope Francis officially inaugurated the Holy Year on Christmas Eve on Wednesday (December 24) by unlocking the Holy Door of ...

[Photo/Xinhua] Chinese companies' export orders witnessed steady growth in 2024, Securities Times reported on Tuesday citing data from a survey. The survey revealed that 17.03 percent sample ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security fears following a ...

Read more opinions on theGrio. On December 23, 2024, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row to life without parole. The President’s actions ...

(JNS) U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 federal death row prisoners to life in prison without parole on Monday, saying that he cannot allow the incoming Trump ...

Two days before the service, however, the school was badly shaken by the sudden death of its popular chaplain. Llewellyn stepped up: preaching to a packed and grieving congregation, he led the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security ...

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At the start of Christmas Eve Mass, Francis will push open the Holy Door on St. Peter’s Basilica, which will stay open throughout the year to allow the estimated 32 million pilgrims projected to ...