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.

NEW YORK — From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows, ...

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

From Sydney to Vladivostok, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ...

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

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

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.

Countries in South Pacific Ocean are the first to ring in New Year, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours before the ...

Estonia is hosting the Taizé European Meeting until January 1 for the first time. In this divided country, the small Catholic ...