The Christmas spirit in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, was festive yet overshadowed on Christmas Eve by the grim ...

A Nativity scene is displayed in the Church of the Nativity, on Christmas Eve, in Bethlehem, West Bank, Dec. 24, 2023. (OSV ...

Celebrating Christmas Mass after opening the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis said the birth of Jesus fills Christians with hope ...

A Christmas tree was reportedly set ablaze in a Christian-majority town in Syria, prompting protests in the war-torn nation.

In the quiet of Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, launching what he called a "Jubilee ...

The University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, is launching a new early childhood center to care for the young children of ...

On Dec. 24, Pope Francis will usher in a gift to the church that comes once every 25 years: a jubilee year, this year themed ...

Q: I'm a longtime daily Massgoer, and every year in the days leading up to Christmas we have that one Gospel reading that ...

The papal point man for charity, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, opened a soup kitchen in Fastiv, in Ukraine's Kyiv region, Dec.

Bishops in the U.S. and Canada are exhorting the faithful to embrace the virtue of hope during the Catholic Church's Jubilee ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) -- "The hands that made the sun and stars were too small to reach the huge heads of cattle," G.K.

Days after speaking with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he would commute most existing federal ...