Pope Leo XIV said the world is saved not by violence, but by understanding, forgiveness and welcoming everyone ...

"Several dozen" people are presumed dead after a fire broke out in a bar packed with people celebrating the New Year in a ...

Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities on Jan. 1, with six reported killed, the first deaths since ...

Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an independent tally, setting a new record for the number of ...

In May 2023, Lorenzo Fazzini, editorial director of the Vatican’s Publishing House, in agreement with Paolo Ruffini, prefect ...

Vatican agency Fides reports 17 Catholic church workers were murdered in 2025, with Nigeria accounting for five deaths.

Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González-Colón signs Law 183-2025, granting personhood rights to unborn children from conception. The historic amendment to the Civil Code allows for inheritance and tax ...

The Iranian rial has dropped against the dollar and other world currencies — when the protests erupted on Dec. 28, the US ...

Christian leaders criticize PM Modi's Christmas visit as hollow amid rising anti-Christian violence. The United Christian ...

Israel warned on Dec. 30 that it would suspend from January several aid organizations operating in Gaza for failing to ...

Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia, who many believed would sweep elections next year to lead her country once ...

"For any authority to be able to express these characteristics, it is necessary to embody the virtues of humility, honesty ...