Pacific, stock markets in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong are closed for the Boxing Day holiday on December 26.

Five people were killed and over 200 were injured when a car was driven through crowds at the Christmas market in Magdeburg ...

Pilgrims lined up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks the ...

While people from all over the globe celebrate Christmas, how the holiday is observed may vary depending on where you are.

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged "all people of all nations" to find courage during this ...

At the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration he dedicated to hope, Francis called for broad reconciliation “even (with) our ...

With another Christmas season approaching, people can prepare for new opportunities to share His light by asking themselves, “How can I be an angel to those around me this December?” Jesus said, “I am ...

The pope invoked the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, which he opened on Christmas Eve to launch the 2025 Jubilee, as ...

His family was wealthy, and he took his inheritance and gave to less fortunate and lived a life of humility. He died on Dec.

Christmas Eve, 1944, behind enemy lines near the Germany-Belgium border at an altitude of about 25,000 feet, 20-year-old ...

Pilgrims lined up early Wednesday to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica, as Christmas ...