As Christmas approaches, the churches of Jerusalem have called on their faithful to show signs of Christian hope. But in ...

At the birth of Christ, according to the Gospel of Luke, the first to visit the manger were simple shepherds. This figure is ...

The assisted dying bill, addressing end-of-life choices for terminally ill adults, passed its first reading in the UK ...

On January 20, 2017, the Inauguration Day of the first Trump presidency, I was in Rome to speak at a conference. I still remember listening to the new president’s speech on “American carnage ...

"You shall have no other gods before me," "Honor your father and your mother," "You shall not murder"… The Ten Commandments, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai, have not been preserved solely in ...

The famous Bensioglu pastry shop in Gaziantep’s historic center has been bustling nonstop for five days. The constant hum of ovens fills the air as pistachios, almonds, and other nuts adorn the ...

Christians gather in Damascus on December 13. After the fall of Bashar Al Assad's regime, Christians in Syria seem torn between the hope of a new era and distrust of the Islamists in power.

Pope Francis receives in private audience representatives of executives and employees of various credit institutions at the Vatican, Dec. 16, 2024 . (Photo by VATICAN MEDIA / Catholic Press Photo ...

In his message for the 58th World Day of Peace, which will be commemorated on January 1, 2025, Pope Francis called for everyone to feel “responsible” for geopolitical and climate situations.

Flames were reported around 3:00 a.m. local time, with police discovering an “incendiary device” near the scene. “The damage is minor, involving broken windows and smoke damage,” said ...

Nuns with a priest on the steps of the León Cathedral in Nicaragua. (Photo by Adam Jones / CC BY-SA 2.0) Nicaragua's government issued an ultimatum to the country's remaining religious sisters ...

The tourism industry is taking an increasingly heavy toll on the planet. According to a study published December 10 in the journal Nature Communications, global greenhouse gas emissions from ...