Hours after Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted a condolence for the passing for Pope Francis, it was deleted without ...

The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ritual dating back to over 2,500 years ago when King Solomon’s Temple stood on the same site. The blessing is performed by Jewish men who can trace ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, died following recent hospitalizations, a day after delivering his final Easter ...

Are you the only Catholic priest in the country ... What are the blessings of serving in Greenland? From the very beginning, this land was for me the place of grace and peace where I can rest ...

Pope Francis, one of the more progressive pontiff's in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday morning at the age of 88, the Vatican confirmed. Francis’ willingness to take a more ...

Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on Francis's legacy of ...

In December 2023, Francis formally signed off on allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples ... who in many cases have left their own land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity ...

Pope Francis died Monday; here are the front runners for the Vatican leadership, and what they've said about Jews, Israel and ...

The Papal Conclave will gather in Rome to select the next head of the Catholic Church, likely from among the world’s ...

His youngest son is a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church ... and bread are all brought for the Easter blessing. Sofatzis’ family, including most of his seven siblings, three in ...