Pope Francis has called for a "negotiation" to end the war in Ukraine in a Christmas Day message where he appealed for ...

Christmas is a bleak event in Bethlehem in 2024 -- there is no traditional Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church ...

A driver, said to be a Saudi who hates Islam, rammed a car into shoppers at the busy German Christmas market on Dec. 20, killing at least five people and injuring 200. One of those killed was a ...

Medically assisted dying – also known as voluntary euthanasia – accounted for 4.7 percent of deaths in Canada in 2023, new ...

In the United States, the political utterances of some evangelical leaders can create the impression that their churches are ...

Pope Francis has called on the Syrian rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad's regime to stabilzse the country, and ...

If implemented the Russian move introduced as a draft law on Oct. 30, would hit the religious communities hard. Following the Russian Orthodox Church hierarchy, Catholic bishops are also opposing ...

During a World Council of Churches prayer on Dec. 2, those gathered commemorated World AIDS Day, which was observed the day before as many churches worldwide have long supported carriers of HIV ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Paris's Notre-Dame cathedral live on TV, allowing the public to see inside the building since much of it was destroyed or damaged in a huge fire in 2019.