Pilgrims from around the world have been passing through the open Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica this week.

I mean stories which were important but which didn’t generate a lot of buzz, either in the mainstream media or the ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was 17 years old when he first received his vocation to become a priest. It happened on Sept. 21, 1953 ...

Pope Francis has urged people not to be drawn towards “pessimism and resignation” despite wars and social injustices ...

Pope Francis on December 24 inaugurated the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome. One of the symbolic images of every Jubilee is ...

Amid an unprecedented combination of challenges facing the world today, Pope Francis on Christmas Day entreated that the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025 becomes an opportunity to forgive debts, especially ...

Pope Francis, who is 88 and was born in Argentina, gave the Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday, and urged ...

Pope Francis encourages us not to look at the future "with pessimism and resignation," but to always choose the path of love and view ...

Recent research has identified what attracts people to Catholic parishes, and parishes are using creative means to evangelize ...

The Jubilee begins, the Pope opens the Holy Door asking for forms of clemency, such as amnesty and pardon, but the Meloni ...

(Abdel Kareem Hana | AP) Palestinian women and girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza ...

Travel has many purposes. The travel writer Rick Steves categorizes travelers into three broad types. First, there’s the tourist, who seeks the excitement of shopping, sightseeing, and snapping ...