More than 3,000 people as of Thursday had joined an online petition urging the Wye Oak Tavern, which occupies the space that was the former chapel of the Visitation Academy in Frederick, to relocate ...

Pilgrims from around the world are passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, which Pope Francis opened to begin ...

The intimate Mass led by Pope Francis marked a historic moment — the first opening of a jubilee Holy Door within a prison.

First, Stephen explicitly associates his death with Christ’s, repeating two of Jesus’ own words from the cross. He asks that ...

ROME -- Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and ...

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

Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pilgrims lined up early Wednesday to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s ...

A traditionally Christian festival to celebrate the birth of Christ has morphed into a secular jamboree season.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem prepared Tuesday to mark another somber Christmas in the traditional birthplace of ...

When I dropped him off for the first of three rehearsals, we passed a girl crying in front of a sheet of paper taped to a ...

The Grotto, a Macon landmark tied to Catholic history, boasts unique forests and endangered plants. Tours may open access to ...