Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the church in Rome's Rebibbia prison complex and walked over its threshold. After ...

Amid security worries, millions of pilgrims are expected to descend on Rome for a Jubilee Year of major Catholic celebrations ...

Later, he referred to “the invader’s arrogance” in “Palestine.” B’nai B’rith criticized Pope Francis’s invoking in his new book of the outrageous, libelous charge of “genocide” by Israel.

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving ...

Across faiths and across the globe, prominent individuals whose legacies are likely to continue to shape their ministries and ...

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

Pope Francis appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and for the reconciliation between enemies in a ...

The pope invoked the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, which he opened on Christmas Eve to launch the 2025 Jubilee, as ...

NORAD’s annual tracking of Santa has endured since the Cold War, predating ugly sweater parties and Mariah Carey classics. The tradition continues regardless of government shutdowns, such as the one ...

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and spiritual leaders marked Christmas Eve 2024 with messages of hope, ...

The pope inaugurated the Catholic Church's historic 2025 Jubilee of "Hope" at the Vatican on Christmas Eve in traditional ceremonies before addressing thousands of Catholic faithful the next day.

The Pope's got jokes. Because religion isn't drab and dour, because laughter humanises, and without humanity where would we ...