The love for tradition kept the Eastern Orthodox Church from adopting the Gregorian calendar though it was based on reason ...

As he addressed the faithful in a new year's mass, Pope Francis called on wealthy nations to cancel or decrease the debts of ...

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with a renewed appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death.

People around the world have welcomed in 2025, with spectacular New Year's celebrations in New York and other major cities ...

From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world have welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. The New Year’s Eve ball dropped in soggy Times Square, where ...

Donnelly says he didn’t go looking for the ambassador’s job, but he took it because President Biden asked him to.

As the world says goodbye to 2024, many will be wondering what the next year will bring. However, some prophetic figures from ...

From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world began welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges.

Auckland has become the first major city in the world to welcome 2025. Thousands of revellers counted down to the new year ...

Russian energy company Gazprom said it would pump a reduced volume of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Tuesday, the last day ...

While most European countries remain on frosty terms with Russia since the launch of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a ...

The pope, who turned 88 Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair and presides over rather than concelebrates most public liturgies.