VATICAN CITY -- 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 of the pope ...

Christians across the world celebrated Christmas Wednesday, with the mood darkened by wars and a massive "inhumane" Christmas ...

Pope Francis delivered Christmas messages at the Vatican, warning against gossip, while the Holy See announced he is ...

A reflection on the comedy stylings of Pope Francis, who is telling priests to lighten up and not be so dour. It was a true ...

Interview. Church historian Yann Raison du Cleuziou discusses the church’s historical debates on popular religion, ...

The Nativity story continued to expand within Christian devotional culture well after Francis’ death. In 1291, Pope Nicholas ...

Pope Francis escaped two attempts on his life during his historic trip to Iraq in early 2021, according to excerpts from his ...

Having instituted the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly in 2021, the Holy Father is keeping true to his inaugural ...

Two attempted attacks on Pope Francis, including one by a suicide bomber, were foiled during his landmark trip to Iraq in ...

According to Italian publisher Mondadori, “Hope” is the first autobiography ever published by a pope. Francis, however, has ...

Witnessing Pope Francis place the red hat on newly consecrated Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David – only the 10th Filipino to ...

On Sunday, Pope Francis ... were sentenced as early as 1993 and as recently as last year in the case of Robert Bowers, a gunman who killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in ...