Hope lives, Francis reminded the faithful on Christmas Eve, as he spoke of the blessed arrival of the Christ Child and the start of the Jubilee.

Churches faced with empty pews are fighting to keep their doors open, while former houses of worship are being converted into ...

Every night without fail, a mobile phone rings in the Holy Family church in Gaza, and a parish priest answers. The voice at ...

As Cartner-Morley puts it: “Vibes, for so long a fundamentally unserious shorthand for ’60s nostalgia, are now taken very ...

A string of high-profile squatter cases have pushed multiple states to pass legislation to protect homeowners this year.

Pope Francis on the balcony at St Peter's to deliver his traditional ... A plane carrying thousands of items of winter clothing for Gazans has arrived at the airport in Al Arish. Pawan Singh / The ...

Never, never this,” Francis said about mobile phones at the family table. “Talk, listen to each other, this is the dialogue ...

This holiday season Good Samaritan Hospital announced that 161 children had a little something extra under the tree this year for Christmas, thanks to the ...

In his traditional Christmas message on 25 December, Pope Francis mentioned the war in Ukraine, calling for an end to it and ...

Pope Francis called on Catholics to become “pilgrims of hope” in a BBC podcast, emphasizing that “hope and kindness touch the ...

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving ...