And yet, there is hope that the message of Christmas and a desire for peace and love can prevail, not only today but to sustain us throughout the year.

In a Christmas Eve speech in 1941, delivered 17 days after the Japanese killed more than 2,300 Americans in a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt reflected on the ...

Many new Christmas movies are arriving on streaming and in theaters in 2024 with Netflix's 'Our Little Secret' and Paramount's 'Dear Santa.' Skip to main content Open Mega Menu ...

Pope Francis’ Christmas message was a plea for reconciliation, peace and care for others. By Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo is a reporter based in Rome, covering Italy, the Vatican and ...

Pope Francis called for peace around the world and for global conflicts to end in his annual “Urbi et Orbi” Christmas message to the faithful. Speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter ...

Pope Francis calls for peace in his Christmas prayers 00:24. Pope Francis on Monday blasted the weapons industry and its "instruments of death" that fuel wars, as he made a Christmas Day appeal ...

Love, peace, light: Christmas and Hanukkah share values and, in 2024, a date. For the first time in nearly 20 years, Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah coincide on December 25, 2024.

The week before Christmas often feels like a crescendo in a song that’s been building for months – the final stretch of shopping lists, errands, gatherings and obligations. This is especially ...

In his Christmas Mass address Sunday, he said the word of God is being drowned out by the violence in Gaza. Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire multiple times since the war started on Oct. 7.

Pope Francis urged an end to what he called a “grave famine of peace” in his annual Christmas message at the Vatican on Sunday, naming some of the globe’s most destructive ongoing wars and ...