The pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network has released the Holy Father’s list of prayer intentions for the year 2025. Every month, ...

A plenary indulgence is remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven.

Pope Francis is bringing his Holy Year to Rome’s main prison. Francis traveled to Rebibbia prison on a frigid morning.

Pope Francis is suffering from a cold and will give the Sunday blessing ahead of a busy week that includes Christmas Eve and ...

©vatican Media/Cpp/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa Pope Francis will lead the Angelus prayer, traditionally spoken by the pontiff on ...

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Pope Francis celebrated first vespers for the vigil of the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday.

Pope Francis sends his prayers to the victims of a plane crash in South Korea believed to have killed nearly 180 people. "My thoughts are with the many families in South Korea who are mourning today ...

In late November, during a brief audience with people involved in the sport of motorcycle racing, Pope Francis asked for ...

The pope, who turned 88 Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair and presides over rather than concelebrates most public liturgies.

Pope Francis told Vatican bureaucrats on Saturday to stop speaking ill of one another, as he once again used his annual ...