Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison yesterday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century celebration that is ...

ROME — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and ...

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is ...

The Pope has accepted an invitation to visit Ukraine. However, the date of the visit is not yet known, states the head of the ...

Pilgrims from around the world are passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, which Pope Francis opened to begin ...

The primary rebel force that led the lightning offensive against the regime of President Bashar Assad is the Islamist Hayat ...

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

In the Catholic Church, jubilees are marked every 25 years, according to the local diocese, and are rooted in Jewish ...

In his Angelus address on Dec. 26, Pope Francis reflected on Stephen’s last words as he was being stoned to death: “Lord, do ...

God wants to save each and every person, and Christians are called to give witness to that fact by praying even for people ...

Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the ...