In what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican, Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has ...

Pope Francis has told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign policy speech and asked an aide to deliver it instead.

Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...

More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...

Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of welcome and ...

ROME — Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of welcome ...

Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark Epiphany. According to the Bible, the feast marks the day that three wise men guided by a star came to visit the newborn Jesus. Francis said ...

Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.

I declared a mounting crisis in Jewish/Catholic relations the most under-covered Vatican story of 2025. Early indications are ...

The Diocese of El Paso is celebrating the beginning of the Jubilee Year with a kickoff event and pilgrimage on Saturday, Jan. 4. The gathering begins at 4:30 p.m. on ...

Pope Francis is bringing his Holy Year to Rome's main prison. Francis traveled to Rebibbia prison Thursday on a frigid ...