Pope Francis will open five jubilee Holy Doors in the Christmas season between Dec. 24 and Jan. 6. And 38-year-old Immaculate Atieno, a jubilee pilgrim from Nairobi, Kenya, is hoping to witness ...

Christian hope, as Pope Francis understands it, reminds us that a better and more just world is within our grasp.

The Jesuit pope also cast a thought for “all those who endure persecution for their faith” in the world today and said “Jesus awaits them” and “they are many!” On this Christmas Day ...

“There is no other way to understand this decision than as a deliberate adoption of the Palestinian narrative,” Chikliwrote to Pope Francis ... the Vatican's Christmas display more than ...

Pope Francis has held nightly phone calls with Gaza’s Christians as they try to survive Israel's ongoing military campaign during Christmas ... and steadfast faith. Witness how people cling ...

The installations are on display from ... Saint Peter's Square, a Christmas tree and a life-size Nativity scene take center stage. This tradition started in 1982 under Pope John Paul II, with ...

Since the end of World War II, the Vatican has tried hard to make up for its centuries of attacks on the Jewish people, ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a second Christmas Eve overshadowed by war as Pope Francis ... Eve to witness the lighting ...

The streets of Yerevan came alive as the Christmas tree lighting ceremony unfolded. Hundreds of excited onlookers gathered under the crisp winter sky. The tree lit up in a dazzling display ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — From Sydney to Vladivostok, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with ...

Blackden said that just after 8 p.m. Tuesday he spotted a man lurking by the large Christmas tree, a short distance away from the occult display ... that they did not witness," Blackden said.