The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years.

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, ...

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Ruben Amorim vowed to address Manchester United's issues dealing with set-pieces and setbacks after nerves got the better of his side in Sunday's 3-0 home humbling by high-flying Bournemouth.

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PANO - On December 22, 1944, in the forest between Hoang Hoa Tham and Tran Hung Dao communes in Nguyen Binh district, Cao ...

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks about top religion news stories of the year with Ruth Graham, national reporter at ...

These structures are a testament to Mumbai's history, flaunting their unique architectural expression of the city's ...

Srinivasa Ramanujan, a mathematical prodigy born in 1887, saw mathematics as a path to God. He attributed his intuitive ...

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

Interview. Church historian Yann Raison du Cleuziou discusses the church’s historical debates on popular religion, ...

That was how the Archangel Gabriel addressed Mary. And after a few exchanges of words, the very Son of God was conceived in Mary’s womb after she said that famous response: “Fiat mihi secundum verbum ...