Mass at Jakarta Cathedral and millions of Jakartans taking off by road and by air, the 2024 year-end holiday season has truly ...

Pilgrims are lining up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...

Pope Francis is expected to address the world's wars and conflicts in his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" message to the faithful ...

For more than 40 years, a man in Livermore has put on a Christmas display that draws in thousands of people per night. This year it has nearly one million lights. He’s ...

Christians around the world celebrated the eve of Jesus Christ's birth on Dec. 24, but for the congregation of St. Casimir Parish in Cleveland, the occasion held an even deeper meaning.This year ...

This Christmas season, let Mary’s story inspire us to act: to extend kindness to those in need, stand with the marginalized, ...

With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia's Aceh ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that ...

Several car windows were smashed and a number of objects inside stolen while their owners attended midnight mass at a ...

The excitement and cheer that typically descends on the Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Christmas were nowhere ...

The Eastside Community Action Center and the St. Gerard Catholic Church are preparing for their annual holiday community meal ...