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

The pontiff's 'Urbi et Orbi' - 'To the City and the World' - address serves as a summary of the woes facing the world this ...

I invite every individual, and all people of all nations … to become pilgrims of hope, to silence the sounds of arms and ...

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

Elsewhere in the world, Hanukkah started on Christmas Day for the first time since 2005 and celebrations were muted in ...

Mourners are laying flowers near the scene of the deadly Christmas market attack as investigators puzzle over the motive of ...

More details have emerged about those killed when a man drove a car at speed through a Christmas market in Germany ...

With Germany on edge after the attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, a man with a gun caused alarm in the northern city ...

Magdeburg residents laid flowers and other tributes near the site of a Friday car attack on a Christmas market that left five ...

The town relies heavily on Christmas tourism. The economy in the West Bank already was reeling because of restrictions placed on laborers preventing them from entering Israel during the war.