Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to ...

I invite every individual, and all people of all nations … to become pilgrims of hope, to silence the sounds of arms and ...

Pope Francis also remembered children suffering from war and hunger, the elderly living in solitude, those fleeing their ...

He made the remarks a day after the start of Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, which takes place every ...

Elsewhere in the world, Hanukkah started on Christmas Day for the first time since 2005 and celebrations were muted in ...

Pope Francis has called for a “negotiation” to end the war in Ukraine in a Christmas Day message where he appealed for ...

Pope Francis knocked on the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica and was the first to walk through it, inaugurating the 2025 ...

Pope Francis called for an end to global wars and divisiveness in his annual Christmas Day message, given Wednesday. “This ...

Pope Francis called for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, as well as for the release of hostages, adding aid ...

Pilgrims lined up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks the ...

Pilgrims are lining up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration ...