Foula - which is home to less than 40 people - never fully adopted the modern Gregorian calendar, preferring instead to ...

Christians around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25, but Tuesday marked the birth of Christ for many others. For ...

San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy will replace the retiring Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the Vatican said in an announcement ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis in January, likely the president's final international trip just days before he leaves the Oval Office, the White House announced on ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 19, 2024. The original video can be viewed here. Francis is the first pope from the Americas, the first of his name, and more than any ...

The Pope has called for "hope and kindness" in a message for Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Pope Francis emphasised the importance of humility in the recording broadcast on ...

Britain's remotest community is still to celebrate Christmas and islanders will also see in the New Year nearly two weeks after the rest of the country. Foula in Shetland, Britain's remotest ...

The Jubilee, also known as the Holy Year, has begun with visitors flocking to Rome, the Vatican City and across Italy. Pope Francis kicked off the event while opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's ...

Did you know there’s a place where the calendar works differently from the rest of the world? Ethiopian calendar has 13 months [Booksie] In Ethiopia, time truly feels like it stands still in a ...

ROME — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century ...

Pope Francis urged inmates to never give up hope as he inaugurated the Vatican’s Jubilee Year at the high-security Rebibbia prison on the outskirts of Rome on Thursday. The pope opened a “Holy ...

Along with the blazing-red serge uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, there is perhaps no other official ensemble as instantly recognizable as that of the Swiss Guards, the elite cadre ...