“God our Father, in this Jubilee Year, you have opened to your Church the way of salvation and filled your sons and daughters ...

While the year was marked by profound change, the new pope emphasized his intention to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics in a spirit of continuity with his predecessor.

The expression “nutty as a fruitcake” was coined in 1935 when Southern bakeries added an excess of nuts to their fruitcakes.

Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...

On Dec. 5, Carson Daly joined Michael Bublé for a trip to the Vatican as the singer performed at the annual Christmas "Concert With the Poor." Here, Daly shares an essay with TODAY.com about his ...

Take a drone flight of discovery high above the four Papal Basilicas of Rome: St. Peter’s Basilica, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and Santa Maria Maggiore. These sacred sites are the ...

DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — When pastry chef Tino Gierig is asked what the famous Dresden stollen tastes like, his eyes sparkle and his voice rises to an enthusiastic sing-song as as he describes the rich ...

Pope Leo XIV boards a plane in Rome’s Fiumicino airport on his way to Turkey and Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (Credit: AP Photo.) Listen ISTANBUL – As part of the global Airbus recall on most of ...

The pontiff begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday — the first foreign voyage of his papacy, and his biggest test yet. By Motoko Rich Reporting from Rome As Pope Leo XIV embarks on his first ...

If you haven't heard, Steam is having a Black Friday sale for the first time ever. Yep, despite hosting nonstop sale events all year along, this is the first one formally branded around ...

A private meeting between Gov. JB Pritzker and Pope Leo XIV in Rome is raising hopes that the suburban native will return to Chicago for a visit. Pritzker and his wife, MK, spent time with the pontiff ...