Presiding over the recitation of the Sunday Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI commemorated all the faithful departed, explained the meaning of Christian hope, and called for evangelization about the reality ...

In his Wednesday general audience address Pope Francis spoke on the meaning of Christian hope, saying that it consists in our joyful expectation of the return of its source, Jesus Christ. "Christian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV closes the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica's to end the 2025 ordinary Jubilee year at the Vatican on Jan. 6, 2026.

JERUSALEM — In December 2023, the Advent season in Fassuta, a Melkite Christian village about nine miles from the Lebanese border, was solemn and fraught with danger. While the war raged between ...

In the darkness of the isolation at the beginning of Covid, not being able to participate in in-person worship services wounded me. I ached for Christ and for community. I felt distanced from Christ's ...

The following is the Dec. 28 general audience translation from Vatican.va: Dear brothers and sisters: Our continuing catechesis on Christian hope leads us in these Christmas days to consider the ...

My friends, I now invite you to join me in celebrating the Christian identity of Hope College. Now, I realize that there are many other aspects of our institution that are worthy of celebration: our ...

(The Conversation) — Pope Leo XIV closed the door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2026, just days into the new year. The act formally brought the Vatican’s Holy Year 2025 – designated as “Pilgrims ...