BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the ... Pizzaballa held a special pre-Christmas Mass in the Church of ...

A 50-year-old St. Catharines man who had blast been seen by people close to him on Christmas Eve has been found. Chris Leil, 50, has been located and is safe, said a media release issued by Niagara ...

That she was instrumental in building up the Church in then-New France (now Canada ... tomorrow we would be saying the Mass of St. Marguerite of Canada.” In the Church’s formal processes ...

The 92-year-old retired garment worker had been expecting the troupe of white-robed men from St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church, who visit parishioners on Jan. 6, Christmas Eve to Orthodox ...

France on Thursday charged the founder of an adult website used to commit sexual offences, including by a French man who recruited dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife, prosecutors ...

The meeting at a Christmas service at the Church of St. George the Victorious on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow came as the church and its followers celebrated Christmas. Putin extended Christmas ...

Tbilisi (AFP) – Thousands of Georgians marched through the streets of Tbilisi late on Monday on Orthodox Christmas Eve, gathering in front of parliament for a 40th day of anti-government ...

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 ... significant beginning” for the Catholic Church’s holy year, which will conclude on Jan.

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christians flocked to attend Christmas Eve mass across the predominantly ... Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Episcopate. This year’s celebration was ...

Followers of the Orthodox Church fast for 40 days before Christmas and stay away from meat. After the Christmas Eve mass on January 6, they throw a giant feast to celebrate the last day of their fast.

A Maryland man is being compared to The Grinch following an arrest for his alleged behavior at two churches on Christmas Eve ... a midnight mass at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in ...