The Iraqi national anthem opened the Mass as women wailed with emotion.

A family is forced to flee their homeland for fear of persecution. This is the classic modern-day definition of a refugee.

In Europe, Christmas is being stripped of its true nature "in the name of a false respect for those who are not Christian."

Christmas is a wonderful and joyful mystery and we humans can never, ever really understand it.

The pope took particular aim at areas of global tension where President Donald Trump is playing a critical role.