Christmas is often portrayed as a season of joy and togetherness, but for many, it brings a unique loneliness and longing—something Joni Mitchell captured beautifully in her song "River." With its ...

This column is being written in real time — I am going to be opening and reading the 2025 World Happiness Report as I write, and I am feeling this great sense of optimism and joy. Perhaps the U ...

"We really are, we're overjoyed. When he appeared on that balcony it was like seeing a family member step up and we're just so happy. Not just for him but for the world." ...

From delivering help to flood-ravaged regions to singing Christmas songs to blessing babies ... Leo renewed his pleas for a more peaceful world and quoted his predecessor, Pope Francis, who ...

There's a lot to learn about the new head of the Catholic Church. NHK World's Katsuki Takayuki explains Pope Leo's background and the clues that may suggest what kind of pontiff he plans to be.

“With the division in the world, he’s bringing people together.” The news of the newly-named Pope Leo came after the second day of voting. The conclave of cardinals sequestered since Tuesday ...

As the world reacted to Thursday’s historic news ... “Personally, it is a great joy to now have him as the new pope. He has the spirit to help and to go out and meet the communities where ...

"We want a Pope who is after the heart of Jesus, we want a disciple of Jesus who is not interested in what the world wants, because the Church is not led by the world, the Church is led by Christ ...

And the history New York has with the LGBTQ+ community and the theatre community is what the show all centered around; the theatre community, and queerness, and joy, and I feel like there’s no ...

“She was wagging her tail, making her little happy sounds, and wiggling around with joy. I held her and cried and cried,” she said in the statement. “She’s stockier now, strong and healthy ...

In a parking lot in Ukraine, hundreds of family members gathered to greet loved ones being repatriated from Russian prisons. Amid happy reunions, there was anguish, too. By Kim Barker and ...