Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the ...

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In his message for the 58th World Day of Peace, which will be commemorated on January 1, 2025, Pope Francis called for ... that presently plague our human family,” he wrote in a four-page ...

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Some say that the community is in danger of losing its 1,600-year foothold in the enclave and that it is far from certain ...

One of the forgotten facts of the story of Jesus’ life is that he came from a profoundly dysfunctional family.

NEW DELHI – Archbishop George Jacob Koovakad, a distinguished Indian priest and Vatican diplomat, was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Francis in a solemn ceremony held at Vatican City.