Back at the Vatican for his Sunday noon blessing, Francis called prison “a cathedral of pain and hope” as he repeated his message. He also doubled down on his 2025 wish for peace in the world ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms ...

From the tentative beginning reading each plaque, I speed up to welcome moments of respite found in walls of windows peering out over the terracotta roofs to the steeple of the mighty Cathedral of ...

In the front lines of eastern Ukraine ... would no longer be war or bombing,” Amouri said. Barry reported from Milan. Associated Press writers Melanie Lidman in Jerusalem; Hannah Schoenbaum ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It was during the pandemic when the Rev. Kira Austin-Young and her puppet-maker husband, Michael Schupbach, were going a little stir-crazy that they came up with the idea. Instead ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It was during the pandemic when the Rev. Kira Austin-Young and her puppet-maker husband, Michael Schupbach, were going a little stir-crazy that they came up with the idea.

While public anxieties have loomed over the Northeast amid possible drone sightings, one sighting will soon bring holiday cheer across the country: Santa Claus. The North American Aerospace ...

Basil's Cathedral and the GUM department store ... shone in the historic city center of Schlitz in late November. In Milan, Italy, it was a symphony in gold as people stood on a bridge and ...