For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

A Christmas crib scene is displayed at the International Exhibition "100 Nativity Scenes in the Vatican," 8 December, 2025 ...

From a bird's-eye view high above St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, a stunning photograph shows the estimated 250,000 mourners who gathered for the funeral of Pope Francis. Another photo, taken at ...

What looks like a tiny dot on the map turns out to be one of the most remarkable places in Europe, where centuries of faith and culture sit side by side ...

COMMENTARY: The Pope’s trip to Turkey and Lebanon yielded tangible results — strengthening Orthodox-Catholic ties and issuing ...

In 325, when the First Council of Nicaea took place, Christianity had only been legal for a dozen years. It was already “big” enough to cause the world’s most powerful empire serious grief, even ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday but didn't stop to pray, as he focused more on bolstering ties with Orthodox patriarchs and promoting courageous ...

Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, emphasizing Christian unity during his trip to Turkey. On Saturday, Leo met with Christian leaders at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Ephrem.

The pope celebrated Mass with some 5,000 people, many foreign-born Catholics, in an intimate Istanbul arena on Nov. 29, his last full day in Turkey.

In mid-July 2025, a rumor circulated online that U.S. Vice President JD Vance was the last person to see convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein alive. For example, one Facebook user (archived) wrote: ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday, the start of three days of public viewing ...