Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this ...

Last week, after 50 years of tyranny and repression, the government of Bashar Assad fell in Syria. It fell thanks to a ...

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this ...

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message urges everyone to find courage 'to silence the sounds of arms and overcome ...

He referred specifically to the wars between Russia and Ukraine, and the Israel-Hamas war. He also called for an end to other conflicts, whether political, social or military.

With politicians facing wars, or their own political battles at home, The Independent looks around the world at what leaders ...

Russian troops appeared to have made inroads into Ukranian territory on Christmas Eve, as well as striking the city of Kharkiv.

Pope Francis also remembered children suffering from war and hunger, the elderly living in solitude, those fleeing their ...