A Christmas tree was reportedly set ablaze in a Christian-majority town in Syria, prompting protests in the war-torn nation.

Celebrating Christmas Mass after opening the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis said the birth of Jesus fills Christians with hope ...

In the quiet of Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, launching what he called a "Jubilee ...

A: The short answer is, a Jubilee Year is a special year of grace and reconciliation. Today, the Catholic Church celebrates a ...

The papal point man for charity, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, opened a soup kitchen in Fastiv, in Ukraine's Kyiv region, Dec.

The University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, is launching a new early childhood center to care for the young children of ...

Q: I'm a longtime daily Massgoer, and every year in the days leading up to Christmas we have that one Gospel reading that ...

Speaking just hours after his wartime Christmas visit to Gaza City Holy Family Parish, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

Days after speaking with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he would commute most existing federal ...

JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- "You have become the light of our Church in the entire world," Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa told ...

Leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer from inside the chapel of his residence because of a cold, Pope Francis ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) -- "The hands that made the sun and stars were too small to reach the huge heads of cattle," G.K.