Foula in Shetland, Britain's remotest permanently inhabited island, marks Christmas and New Year according to an ancient ...

Pope Francis has kicked off the 2025 Holy Year, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw ...

He made the remarks a day after the start of the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, which takes place ...

The pope invoked the Holy Door of St. Peter’s ... the traditional birthplace of Jesus, to celebrate the Christmas. He said ...

When dictator Fulgencio Batista fled in the early hours of January 1, 1959, few imagined the sweeping changes ahead for the country.

Pilgrims are lining up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks ...

Nearly half a million households were left without power on Christmas Day in frigid weather after further missile attacks by ...

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message has urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year ...

Pope Francis has opened the great Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. The ceremony kicks off the 2025 Holy Year.

On Christmas Day, Francis renewed calls for peace in Israel ... But given the fragile state of the last two pontiffs to ...