Two days ago, the Vatican hosted a summit meeting of the pope's top environmental advisers, the head of the United Nations, religious leaders of different faiths, Nobel laureates and respected climate change scientists. This was the latest step in Pope …

Pope Francis during his traditional weekly General Audience in St. Peter's square on April 29, 2015 in Vatican City, Vatican. Image: © Stefano Costantino/Splash News/Corbis. 120425-ruizphoto. By Rebecca Ruiz 22 minutes ago. On Wednesday Pope Francis …

Speaking last Sunday during an ordination mass in the Vatican, Francis reminded that priests should not refuse baptism to anyone who asks for the sacrament. The pontiff told the priests: “With baptism, you unite the new faithful to the people of God …

"I was speechless, but Francis came to my rescue, saying that what happened was funny," he told the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. Mr Rabuffi and his wife later appeared before the Pope during the Vatican's general audience and apologised in …

The passage from the fourth chapter of Joshua tells of God's sovereign power when the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. As Joshua led the Israelites out of the River Jordan, there were 12 stones placed to …

Written by The Walking Dead's former showrunner Glen Mazzara, the series will reimagine antichrist Damien as a “dark, romantic anti-hero,” according to previous reports. This likely portends a sequence where Damien (Bradley James) sulks to Gregorian …

Still, there are many ventures in Israel to turn historic ruins, or just dilapidated crime-ridden neighborhoods, into tourism and shopping attractions for both local and overseas visitors. They include Be'er Sheva's Old City, Tel Aviv's port, Jerusalem …

Israel's Happiness Index be damned: Gov't should build roads, not read minds. A UN survey says Israelis are the 11th happiest people in the world; Gallup found them to be quite morose. They had the same data. Maybe happiness isn't all it's cracked up …

Both the Under 14 and Under 16 sides of the Israel Association of Baseball played their first games of the tournament on April 16. Following the Under 14 game, the team chose to mark the day in the historic Jewish quarter of Prague. And the personal …

NEW YORK — Lawyers for a pro-Israel organization whose advertisement containing the phrase "Hamas Killing Jews" prompted a transportation agency to reject all political ads for city buses asked a judge on Thursday to order their message be displayed …