Highlights of the year included Pope Francis’ longest trip, an 11-day journey through Asia and Oceania; the conclusion of the ...

Pilgrims from around the world have been passing through the open Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica this week.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was 17 years old when he first received his vocation to become a priest. It happened on Sept. 21, 1953 ...

I mean stories which were important but which didn’t generate a lot of buzz, either in the mainstream media or the ...

Pope Francis on December 24 inaugurated the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome. One of the symbolic images of every Jubilee is ...

Pope Francis, who is 88 and was born in Argentina, gave the Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday, and urged ...

Pope Francis on Sunday said he was praying for the at least 177 victims of a plane crash in South Korea earlier in the day. "My thoughts go to the many families in South Korea who are mourning today ...

Does Donald Trump’s strong showing in November tell us that Republicans have a good shot? Or does a Trump presidency light a ...

Amid an unprecedented combination of challenges facing the world today, Pope Francis on Christmas Day entreated that the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025 becomes an opportunity to forgive debts, especially ...

Pope Francis encourages us not to look at the future "with pessimism and resignation," but to always choose the path of love and view ...

The Jubilee begins, the Pope opens the Holy Door asking for forms of clemency, such as amnesty and pardon, but the Meloni ...

The Cardinal Vicar of Rome, Baldassare Reina, has opened the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he will ...