“Arise, shine, Bethlehem, for the light of peace has dawned anew.” With these words, Bethlehem celebrated the traditional lighting of its Christmas tree on a packed Manger Square on Dec. 6, 2025, following a two-year hiatus.
An Armenian Christian man imprisoned in Iran has allegedly faced psychological violence and mistreatment, advocates say
Fulani herdsmen killed two Christians in central Nigeria on Wednesday (May 7) after killing 10 others in the same area the previous month, sources said.
US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, places a note on behalf of President Donald Trump at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, April 18, 2025. Associated Press / Photo by ...
The felled Sycamore Gap tree is seen on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England, Sept. 29, 2023. Associated Press / PA / Photo by Owen Humphreys, file A Newca...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was named the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church Thursday He chose the name Pope Leo XIV Here are five things to know about Prevost, his background and his views
Results of an Ipsos poll on British national defense released Tuesday show that 48% of the Britons surveyed wouldn’t take up arms for their country under any circumstances. The poll came out two day...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8 — the first pope from the United States.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.
White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Thursday morning, the Vatican’s news service said on social media. The smoke emerged just after 6 p.m. local time, with bells...
Pakistani forces killed at least 40 soldiers and blew up military installations along the border dividing the disputed Kashmir, Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said during a Thursday se...
