ABC News' Ike Ejiochi breaks down what you need to know about the New Year’s celebration in New York City as America also kicks off its 250th anniversary year.

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Cathleen Falsani, who covered two previous papal elections, sent a Hail Mary text from Ireland when she heard Chicago's own ...

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Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Christmas Mass, calling for “peace and consolation" for victims of wars, injustice, ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Leo likened the fragility of the baby Jesus at Christmas with the “defenseless populations,” such as refugees in Gaza and the homeless, in the first Christmas morning Mass ...