The Very Rev. Gary Hall, a former professional joke writer, is still making us laugh in his new role as dean of Washington’s National Cathedral, an Episcopal institution. From Sally Quinn’s favorable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV closes the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica's to end the 2025 ordinary Jubilee year at the Vatican on Jan. 6, 2026.

In his Wednesday general audience address Pope Francis spoke on the meaning of Christian hope, saying that it consists in our joyful expectation of the return of its source, Jesus Christ. "Christian ...

From a Catholic perspective, clearly the biggest news story of the year was the death of Pope Francis in April and the subsequent election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope in the Church’s ...

In addition to global issues, Pope Francis is also addressing spiritual issues by inviting people to be 'pilgrims of hope.' The book “Hope Never Disappoints” is based on interviews author Hernán Reyes ...

Around-the-clock prayer services that have lingered for a week at a Christian university in Kentucky have drawn national attention as participants have flocked nationwide to experience what some are ...

Hope is one of those dynamic words that deserves the title of catalyst when it comes to change. It is a spiritual attribute that God’s people should use regularly as it is filled with life, excitement ...

Chief Plenty Coups of the Crow Nation guided his people through the deep crisis brought by the invasion of the white man. Shortly before his death in 1932, he said to his biographer: “When the buffalo ...

In her endorsement of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me, Toni Morrison in­voked one of America’s most astute cultural observers: “I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void ...

The bus driver deftly dodged a group of bishops and gave plenty of room to an Indian theologian in a white turban. When the street ahead looked reasonably safe again, the driver turned to a newsman ...

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(The Conversation) — Pope Leo XIV closed the door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2026, just days into the new year. The act formally brought the Vatican’s Holy Year 2025 – designated as “Pilgrims ...