The pope has faced several health challenges in recent years, including knee problems requiring a wheelchair, respiratory ...

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s government declared a state of emergency on Santorini on Thursday after hundreds of undersea ...

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On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order recognizing only two sexes, male and female, and invalidating anyone’s deviation from their sex as a “false claim” spurred by ...

Greece’s government has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort ...

UKRAINIAN church representatives have voiced shock at the closure of foreign-aid programmes by the United States, announced ...

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A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious ...

Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of ...

Although Greece is no stranger to earthquakes, seismic activity of such frequency and intensity without having been preceded ...

In Sweden, I met Razouk, a refugee who had fled Syria after being threatened by the Assad regime and severely tortured by a ...