Netanyahu said he had been blocking Palestinian statehood "for decades." There are now three remaining deceased hostages in Gaza, following Thursday's return of the body of Meni Goddard. Israeli ...

Today in History for Dec. 22: In 1216, Pope Honorius III officially approved the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), founded in the same year by St. Dominic. During the Middle Ages, many leaders of ...

After two years of war in the Gaza Strip, universities are slowly beginning to reopen, insisting on restoring education despite extraordinary levels of destruction.

From a bird's-eye view high above St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, a stunning photograph shows the estimated 250,000 ...

From Donald Trump returning to the White House, to the devastating Central Texas floods, to Katy Perry ending up in space, 2025 has felt like a nonstop stream of stories big enough to define an entire ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said his apostolic journey to Turkey and Lebanon showed that “peace is possible,” pointing to renewed ...