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.

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

From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world have welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. The New Year’s Eve ball dropped in soggy Times Square, where ...

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

As the world says goodbye to 2024, many will be wondering what the next year will bring. However, some prophetic figures from ...

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

Russian energy company Gazprom said it would pump a reduced volume of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Tuesday, the last day ...

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 ...