The tale of Christmas Eve, sung out by the youth choir at Fourth Presbyterian Church. "My daughter has been performing in the choir here since she was three," Justin Epps said. "It's a big part of the ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicagoans packed Holy Name Cathedral on Thursday, celebrating the time-honored tradition of Midnight Mass on Christmas in the Windy City. Some come out of tradition, and others come ...

Some of my earliest memories of Christmas were bundling up late at night every Christmas Eve, arriving early to midnight Mass at St. Monica’s Church in Chicago, hearing the choir sing warm-up songs ...

Pope Leo is using his first Christmas season as pontiff to make an appeal for Ukraine. It comes as millions of Catholics celebrate Christmas Eve. The pope's message expresses sadness at Moscow's ...

The Chicago area erupted in celebration May 8 at news that Robert Francis Prevost — born in Bronzeville and raised in south suburban Dolton — was chosen as the 267th pope and leader of an estimated ...

Chicago's faithfuls say Christmas Eve services are a part of the holiday tradition. The tale of Christmas Eve, sung out by the youth choir at Fourth Presbyterian Church. "My daughter has been ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Auckland was the first major city to ring in 2026 with a fireworks display launched from New Zealand's tallest structure, Sky Tower, followed by a defiant celebration in ...

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Rome (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Christmas since his election by denouncing the suffering of people of Gaza – taking shelter in tents from the “rain, wind and cold” – and by calling for ...

VATICAN CITY (NBC News & KTVZ News) -- Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in Rome on Dec. 24. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday ...