NYC priest gifts sprawling, 100-piece Nativity scene he spent his life collecting to Italian American museum

A Manhattan priest gave a New York City museum the greatest holiday gift this season — donating his sprawling, Nativity scene ...

The Pope Just Got a BMW iX, Making It the Vatican’s Newest Electric Ride

BMW has donated an iX xDrive60 M Sport electric SUV to Pope Leo XIV, adding a high-end EV to the Vatican fleet as the brand ...
Killeen Daily Herald

Indigenous artifacts returned by the Vatican are now at a Canadian museum

A selection of items returned by the Vatican is now at the Canadian Museum of History after First Nations, Inuit and Métis ...

Illinois prison artist wowed that her artwork reached Pope Leo XIV

When Gov. JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker visited the pope in Rome on Nov. 19, they gave the pontiff a gift: a ...

Vatican commission again says no to ordaining women as deacons, but urges other ministries

A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons. The Vatican on Thursday took the unusual step of publishing a synthesis of the commission’s ...

Pope in Lebanon asks for 'divine gift of peace' alongside country's Christian and Muslim leaders

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated Lebanon's tradition of interfaith coexistence as a beacon of hope for a conflict-torn region. On ...

Community Gift Guide: 4 must-shop places in Julian this holiday season

If it’s not the case already, Julian should be known as much for its shopping as its pie. Shoppers can spend a whole day ...
Morning Journal

At shops around the Vatican, Pope Francis was a regular customer and a friend

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the streets around the Vatican, where Pope Francis used to make impromptu outings, some of the shopkeepers are mourning the man they knew, not as the leader of a church or head ...