President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and spiritual leaders marked Christmas Eve 2024 with messages of hope, ...

A reflection on the comedy stylings of Pope Francis, who is telling priests to lighten up and not be so dour. It was a true ...

It was a true holiday gift this week to see an opinion piece in The New York Times by Pope Francis. In a short essay adapted from his new book, the pontiff encourages his clergy to … laugh.

The Pope's got jokes. Because religion isn't drab and dour, because laughter humanises, and without humanity where would we ...

NORAD’s annual tracking of Santa has endured since the Cold War, predating ugly sweater parties and Mariah Carey classics. The tradition continues regardless of government shutdowns, such as the one ...

Across faiths and across the globe, prominent individuals whose legacies are likely to continue to shape their ministries and ...

Later, he referred to “the invader’s arrogance” in “Palestine.” B’nai B’rith criticized Pope Francis’s invoking in his new book of the outrageous, libelous charge of “genocide” by Israel.

Behold, for your festive perusal, some of the most beloved, cherished and out-there onscreen renditions of dear old Saint ...

Mourners in Gaza held funerals for 19 people — 12 of them children — killed in Israeli strikes on Friday and overnight.

The Teamsters union began a strike at U.S. Amazon facilities Dec. 19 at the height of the online holiday shopping season to ...

Amid security worries, millions of pilgrims are expected to descend on Rome for a Jubilee Year of major Catholic celebrations ...

Pope Francis has opened the great Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. The ceremony kicks off the 2025 Holy Year.