The Court of Human Rights has ruled that a fine that a Lithuanian clothing company received for advertisements with Jesus and Maria models is a violation of the right to freedom of expression.
An American veterinarian has recovered two bears with third-degree burns quickly, thanks to a special experiment. The circumstances necessitated creativity- and that turned out to be a blessing.
In the Vatican there will be an exhibition next year about the American pop artist Andy Warhol, reports The Art Newspaper. The museums of the Vatican would be in full discussion with the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the birthplace of the artist.
The German judiciary has arrested a possible member of the Nigerian terrorist movement Boko Haram. It is the first time that a suspect of this terrorist organization has been detained in Germany.
British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson turns out to be descended from a mummified woman in Switzerland.
Losing 38 pounds in six months. That was the 39-year-old Jeremiah Peterson from Missoula, located in the American state of Montana. Reason: because he wants to be a better father for his children.
After criticizing his remarks about a case of abuse in South America, Pope Francis apologized for his choice of words. He made a mistake when he said last week in Chile that there was 'no evidence' against the Chilean bishop Juan Barros, the Catholic church chief said Monday.
Pope Francis has married two lovers during a flight between two Chilean cities. They asked the church prince for his blessing, on which Francis proposed to go a step further.
Pope Francis will visit the Turkish president Erdogan for the first time this month. The Holy See announced that the Turkish leader will attend the Audience in Vatican City on February 5th.
On his visit to Chile, Pope Francis regretted the sexual abuse of children by priests in the South American country on Tuesday.
A Boeing 737-800 from the airline Pegasus was shot off the track on Sunday after landing in the Turkish town of Trabzon and nearly plumbed in the Black Sea. However, the aircraft continued to hang on the shore on the coast next to the airport. All 168 occupants could be evacuated unharmed, Turkish media reported on the authority of Trabzon governor, Yücel Yavuz.
13,000 winter sports enthusiasts in the Swiss ski resort Zermatt have been cut off from the outside world. Due to the heavy snowfall the avalanche danger has been raised to the highest alarm level. As a result, the roads and the track to the area are closed. How long the closure will take is not clear.
More than three months after the elections, the German cabinet talks are entering a new phase on Sunday. Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with the Social Democratic leader Martin Schulz and with Horst Seehofer from the Bavarian Christian Democrats.
It is an old saying that, no matter how bad you are, there is always someone worse off. A Russian woman discovered the truth behind it when she literally met a lost child.
Pope Francis has sketched a sombre picture of the past year during a service in St. Peter's Basilica. He stated that 2017 is marred by violence, lies and injustice. The church prince called on people to take responsibility for their actions.
In large parts of the Belgian Ardennes it snows so hard that the motorways are virtually impassable in some places. According to the ANWB it is on the E411 that leads from Namur to Luxembourg. Especially around the Duchy, traffic is stuck in many places.
At least nine people were killed on Friday by an attack on a Coptic church south of Cairo. Two archers opened fire according to sources at the prayer house. There would be three police officers among the victims.
A church community from the English Langford offers her humble apologies because the word 'Anus' can be read on her bus. The word can only be read when the sliding door of the bus is open.
Two men from the American Falls Church were arrested last week because they had stolen a car. One of the two perpetrators, Wilmer Lara Garcia, wore a shirt with the text 'Trust me' when he was picked up.
A meter-high penis on the side of a building in New York has led to so much consternation among local residents that the painting is overpainted.
The huge tulip tree at the White House, which was planted by the then president Andrew Jackson in memory of his wife, who died in 1828, falls over and has to be cut down.
In the crisis area in eastern Ukraine, a start was made on the exchange of prisoners on Wednesday. The Kyiv government and the pro-Russian separatists had agreed, according to Patriarch Kirill of Orthodox Church Christmas Day. The border crossing Majorsk was according to the media the scene of the exchange.
An activist with bare torso has tried to steal the baby Jesus from a large nativity scene on St. Peter's Square. The police could prevent the woman from actually taking the picture.
Pope Francis has argued in his Christmas message for a two-state solution to put an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The church prince expressed from the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica the hope that the parties could settle their disputes peacefully.
The Ukrainian government and separatist insurgents have agreed to exchange prisoners on Wednesday. Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church announced this after conversations with the leaders of the so-called People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Pope Francis asked during the Mass on Christmas Eve to show sympathy with persecuted people driven from their homes. These should be received with open arms. 'Behind the steps of Mary and Joseph are many steps hidden. We see the footprints of entire families, who are forced to leave their homes today, 'said the prince of the church against the thousands of believers in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
In the Iraqi city of Mosul, Christians celebrate Christmas for the first time in four years. Now that Islamic State has been driven out, people are cautiously trying to pick up their lives again.
A Russian stewardess has fallen from the plane during the preparations for the start at an airport in Moscow. She had slipped and collapsed when she wanted to close the back door, airline Utair said according to the news agency Tass.
Cardinal Bernard Law, who had to retire at the end of 2002 as Archbishop of Boston after a major abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, died on Monday at the age of 86.
Due to a suicide attack on a Protestant church in Pakistani Quetta, at least eight people were killed and more than forty wounded on Sunday. According to the local authorities four offenders were involved in the attack, but only one terrorist managed to reach the entrance of the church and blew himself up.
