Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, tapping Sister Simona Brambilla to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the world’s religious orders.

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The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis' aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

Pope Francis officially launched the 2025 Holy Year on Christmas Eve by opening the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, an event expected to draw over 30 million pilgrims to the Italian capital ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a test ...

Two attempts to assassinate Pope Francis when he made a historic visit to northern Iraq were foiled by British spies and police inside the country, Francis has revealed in his new autobiography.

Pope Francis attended a prayer service in ... The Pope adds that he asked a security official the following day what had happened to the would-be attackers. "The [official] replied laconically ...

Pope Francis has claimed a plot to ... and killed before they could reach their target. Francis wrote that the next day he asked an official what had happened to the two bombers, who "replied ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Rome: Pope Francis turned 88 on Tuesday and marked the occasion with revelations that he almost didn’t make it. According to ...

British intelligence helped foil an assassination plot on Pope Francis, he has written in his ... The pope said he asked a security official the next day what had happened to the would-be bombers.

Pope Francis became the first Catholic pontiff to visit Mosul in the war-torn country three years ago, in most likely the riskiest foreign trip of his 11-year papacy. Writing in his upcoming ...

In 2024, Pope Francis will open “five sacred portals ... Christmas Eve for a never-before-performed ritual as false. The official website of the 2025 Jubilee describes the Holy Doors as ...