Pope Francis has officially opened the 2025 Holy Year, a historic Catholic tradition encouraging millions to undertake pilgrimages to Rome. This Holy Year focuses on themes of reconciliation and hope, ...

Firefighters paid tribute to the victims of the tragic Christmas market attack in Magdeburg. Local residents and emergency services laid flowers, teddy bears, and candles at the site to honour the ...

Odds-defying baby boy who weighed just 1lb 10oz at birth is set for his first taste of Christmas dinner ...

A recent missive from Cardinal Blase Cupich to parishioners in Chicago provoked an unusually vitriolic response after the ...

Even for the most devout people of faith, the Holy Spirit can be mysterious and the least understood person of the Holy ...

Mary of Egypt is highly venerated as a Desert Mother in the Orthodox Churches. April 1 is her feat day for the Greek Orthodox ...

The U.S. elderly care system is already challenging. For immigrant families working to overcome language barriers and ...

Pope Francis became the first leader of the Catholic Church to set foot in Corsica, the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, ...

Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, ...

Pope Francis, on his first visit to Corsica, praised the island people's deep faith and tradition of popular piety. On ...

The 40-minute private meeting took place in a room at Ajaccio’s Napoleon Bonaparte Airport, where the two leaders addressed ...

Pope Francis became the first pope to celebrate Mass on the French island of Corsica Dec. 15, the third Sunday of Advent.