Security around the Vatican was at its highest levels following the Christmas market attack last week in Germany, the ...

It’s telling that in this present moment of the Church, we are divided over the essential means of our communion.

On the first day of 2025, Pope Francis warned Christians against “imagining or inventing a God in the abstract” during his ...

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Pope Francis’ vicar for the Diocese of Rome, described the event as “a gesture that renews our ...

The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who participate can obtain “indulgences” — the centuries-old feature of the ...

Visitor numbers to Rome are expected to double to about 60 million during the year — on the theme “ Pilgrims of Hope” — and ...

His Holiness, Pope Francis, on Wednesday, advocated debt forgiveness for poor countries to enable the internationally ...

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

"May we learn to care for every child born of a woman, above all by protecting, like Mary, the precious gift of life: life in ...

Pope Francis was "deeply saddened" to learn of deaths and injuries caused by the attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day, ...

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 ...

Colm Flynn and his wife-to-be Paola fell in love after an adorable meet-cute in the Vatican City and they're now enjoying a ...