Just as the star over Bethlehem called to and welcomed everyone to encounter the newborn Jesus, God today calls on the ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, celebrated Mass in the Basilica of the Annunciation at the inauguration of the Jubilee Year in the Holy Land on Dec. 29, 2024. At the ...

Our commitment this Christmas is to rebuild our trust and renew our hope for life here in Bethlehem and throughout Palestine, ...

Pope Francis prayed that the Jubilee Year may become “a season of hope” and reconciliation in a world at war and suffering ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas ...

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My King and my God”, the true meaning of Christmas In many places, the Christ of Christmas is paradoxically buried under ...

Christmas, the traditional Christian holiday that commemorates the birth of Jesus, is being celebrated by people around the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating Christmas Mass after opening the Jubilee Year 2025, Pope Francis said the birth of Jesus ...

Christmas revellers around the world donned red and white Santa hats, offered meals to the homeless and lit candles on ...

Pope Francis, accompanied by children in traditional attire, smiles after delivering a statue of the baby Jesus to the ...