Pope Francis broke one of the Vatican’s “stained-glass ceilings” on Monday by appointing an Italian sister as the prefect of ...

O'Donnell interviewed him at Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guest house where he has lived since his election in 2013, rather than the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace, where popes have ...

As the Pope left the Rebibbia prison, he stopped to greet the 300 inmates and staff who had waited outside of the crowded ...

Rome has shifted into high gear for the opening of Jubilee 2025, a blockbuster year-long celebration in the Catholic world ...

The Holy Doors are located within the basilicas and are ceremoniously sealed shut from the inside at the end of each Jubilee ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy ... He was wheeled across the threshold as bells tolled across Rome and ...

Getty Images After that Christmas Eve ritual, Pope Francis will open a symbolic door inside the Roman prison ... of Saint Mary Major outside the Vatican in Rome will be opened.

Pope Francis urged inmates to never give up hope as he inaugurated the Vatican’s Jubilee Year at the high-security Rebibbia ...

The Vatican is set to open sacred portals for the ... involves removing the brick wall that covers each door from the inside of the basilica, followed by the Pope pushing the doors open to ...