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 ...
The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.
On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis will open the first Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the Jubilee year. This important anniversary, celebrated every 25 years, will mark an opportunity for ...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy ... He was wheeled across the threshold as bells tolled across Rome and the choir inside the basilica began Christmas Eve Mass. In his homily, ...
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 ...
He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...