Pope Francis recently appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a harsh critic of President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policy, ...

Saying that the heart of the Habsburgs is in Vienna may sound like a poetic expression to embellish a historical fact, but it ...

Pilgrimage paths wind across the UK, with some newly mapped routes giving hikers a different perspective on the country ...

The city of Rome was the beating heart of the Roman Empire, which spanned from the rise of Augustus in around 27 BCE until ...

Today you might only know the phrase “the 12 days of Christmas” from the popular carol. Few people still observe all 12 days, ...

Each year, we close our calendars in December, the 12th month of the Gregorian calendar ... An extra month and political maneuvers By the 1st century BC, the Roman calendar had descended into a state ...

Pope Francis has opened a "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy ... involving them in the Catholic Church's once-every-quarter-century celebration that is expected to bring about 32 million ...

Within this stable, lasting and faithful union of mutual support and love, they are open to life and raise children in the holy fear of the Lord. Add to this the principal description of the Book ...

ROME, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican ...

After reciting a formal prayer before opening the prison's Holy Door Dec. 26, the pope took the microphone back to explain that he had inaugurated the Holy Year 2025 by opening the Holy Door of St.

Before you’ve even heard Carrie Underwood’s version of “O Holy Night,” you’d likely assume it to be powerful. Underwood seldom performs a song she can’t make quick work of. The soaring ...