On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, Pope Francis will open the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica. The first major event that will begin the ordinary Jubilee of 2025. In the photo, Pope Francis ...

(RNS) — The hope of a new year is here as the Catholic Church enters the 2025 Jubilee, a yearlong period of forgiveness and mercy whose theme is taken from Romans 5: “Hope does not disappoint.” The ...

Pointing to the perils of pastoral pessimism, Pope Francis urged a congregation of teaching sisters on Saturday to cultivate joy in their ministry, warning them that stern countenances drive people ...

Five years after the devastating fire, the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris carries an undeniable message: ancestral craftsmanship has not been lost. Today, as in the past, humanity is c ...

Italian designer Rosita Missoni, co-founder of the eponymous fashion house known for its bright and patterned styles, died on Thursday at the age of 93, a company official said.

What do Mariah Carey, the cast of Glee and South Park's Eric Cartman have in common? They've all recorded the Christmas classic O Holy Night. This Christian favourite is a powerful hymn that reduces ...

A group of Thai taxi drivers restrained a foreign man from Hong Kong after he went on a rampage outside Phuket International Airport yesterday, December 23. The Facebook news page Phuket Times shared ...