The Pope’s urbi et orbi was read by Archbishop Diego Ravelli, the master of pontifical liturgical celebrations, as the ...

A few thousand years ago, Jesus of Nazareth rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, a humble entrance for someone believed to be the ...

Pope Francis decried the numerous conflicts plaguing the planet and appealed to world leaders “not to yield to the logic of fear” in his Easter message urbi et orbi (“to the city and to the world”) on ...

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 ...

Today we celebrate Earth Day. This holiday was first celebrated in 1970. It is a great day to think about the beautiful ...

If you’ve spent any time around medication – whether in a pharmacy or a hospital – you’re probably aware that some medications need to be kept at very low temperatures. (This was an issue when the ...

For the first time in almost 10 years, Christians of all stripes will be celebrating Easter, which commemorates the ...

MASTERPIECE on PBS has shared its airdate and a trailer for the eagerly awaited and years-in-the-making historical drama, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. The brand-new TV adaptation continues ...

What is happening now is not normal politics. We’re seeing an assault on the fundamental institutions of our civic life, ...

From the preservation of matter, we thus move to the preservation and ... to the virtue of their teaching.” “You are the salt of the earth” The most famous expression of these meanings ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down ...