In the former Danish outpost of Tranquebar, dining without cutlery offers a compelling perspective on the true meaning of ...

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"Challenge Accepted" YouTube star Michelle Khare unmasks her plan, and disguise, to meet Tom Cruise at the "Mission: Impossible" world premiere.

The Old Mission Santa Barbara hosted a Mass for Pope Francis in its Serra Chapel on Wednesday. Fr. Joe Schwab said they chose not to use the main chapel because the sound is being updated. Seating ...

At least 14 people, including two children, died in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata late on Tuesday when a fire blazed through a six-storey hotel in a congested neighbourhood, authorities said.

Police in Kolkata, India say a fire tore through a hotel in the city, killing at least 14 people, including one who reportedly jumped from a balcony trying to escape.

Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, the Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church, led the special ceremony in St Mary's Syrian Orthodox Cathedral to anoint Joseph Mor Gregorios as Catholicos, the head of the Malankara ...

Oklahoma’s March 14 wildfire outbreak took down a historical 130-year-old church in Kiowa County, the members are hoping to rebuild.

Church leaders in India have welcomed the Vatican's decision to add the feast of St. Teresa of Kolkata to the universal liturgical calendar, saying it will help Catholics across the globe emulate the ...

One of Boston's most iconic historic landmarks will be open next week to honor Paul Revere and the upcoming 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.

The leader of the nation's Catholic bishops has commended Pope Francis' move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and "contemporary witness" of faith. On Feb. 11, ...