The Nativity story continued to expand within Christian devotional culture well after Francis’ death. In 1291, Pope Nicholas ...

A contentious Ten Commandments tablet has sold at Sotheby’s for $5.04 million — more than twice its high estimate of $2 ...

This article explores the origins of the Nativity scene, St. Francis of Assisi's role in its creation, and its cultural and ...

Effort provides welcoming spaces of encounter through film screenings, juried sacred art exhibits in the middle of a college ...

The Northwest girls wrestling team showed it’s also a team sport at the Wood River Girls Invite. The Vikings had all of their ...

Ella Gadsey, FRA: Gadsey finished with 14 points ... four rebounds and four assists in a 69-67 win against Rockvale. Kamden Days, Pope John Paul II: Days had a double-double with 18 points ...

President-elect Trump dropped his latest round of nominations Saturday afternoon, including two picks to help lead the Department of Justice (DOJ) and one to work within the Department of ...

EJ Jordan, FRA: Jordan led FRA with 28 points ... over Springfield in the Class 5A football semifinals. Osby Cavin, Pope John Paul II: Cavin had 24 points, two rebounds, four assists, a block ...

The pope’s Thursday Mass in Rome’s Rebibbia Prison Complex on the feast of St. Stephen — the first Christian martyr — marked a profound beginning to the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of Hope ...

Pope Francis delivered a plea for peace in a world torn by conflict in his 2024 Christmas Day "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the City and the World") address. It came as Christmas marked the start of the ...

Elsewhere in his Christmas message, the pope called for peace across the Middle East, saying the “humanitarian situation is extremely grave” in Gaza. “I think of the Christian communities in ...