ROME — Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of welcome ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of ...
I declared a mounting crisis in Jewish/Catholic relations the most under-covered Vatican story of 2025. Early indications are ...
A new pedestrian square and walkway connecting Rome’s historic center to the Vatican and renovations to the Trevi Fountain ...
"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 ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a "firm commitment" to ...
On the first day of 2025, Pope Francis warned Christians against “imagining or inventing a God in the abstract” during his ...
The pope, who turned 88 Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair and presides over rather than concelebrates most public liturgies.
Security around the Vatican was at its highest levels following the Christmas market attack last week in Germany, the ...
The life of the church in 2024 was defined as much by what did not happen, as by what did. The most important thing that did ...
It’s telling that in this present moment of the Church, we are divided over the essential means of our communion.
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 ...