The Most Reverend John Bonaventure Kwofie, the Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, has advised members of the church ...

Reenactors showed thousands of people the story start of the American Revolutionary War and the "shot heard round the world" on its 250th anniversary.

Barrett was Ford’s military attaché, carrying the briefcase always within reach of the president. It was dubbed the political ...

Pope Francis, who is in daily contact with Gazans, has consistently called for an end to the Israeli assault and for ...

Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

The pontiff, appearing frail from a balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica, blessed a crowd gathered on the square outside. But a ...

Pope Francis decried the numerous conflicts plaguing the planet and appealed to world leaders “not to yield to the logic of fear” in his Easter message urbi et orbi (“to the city and to the world”) on ...

Because Easter fell on the same day on the Julian and Gregorian calendars, meaning Catholic and Orthodox were celebrating on the same day, the Vatican added Byzantine “stichera” or hymns and “stichos” ...

When we bear witness for those without power, we stand in a tradition that transcends differences and defies death. Easter arrives again.

The pope’s traditional blessing, “urbi et orbi,” was read by Archbishop Diego Ravelli, but Pope Francis later toured St.

For decades, the share of American Catholics declined in the face in secularization. But in recent years, those numbers have ...

Easter will be celebrated the same day for Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox members alike. Father Kostandin Tuda of Holy ...