Over 545,000 pilgrims have crossed the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, marking a strong start to Pope Francis's Holy Year ...

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

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

Pope Francis had a message for nuns, convey joy while refraining from gossip, he said as he addressed a gathering of nuns ...

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.

When he opened the “Holy Door” to the Basilica of St. Peter on Christmas Eve, Pope Francis initiated the Holy Year 2025 — a ...

Pope Francis encouraged those present to be “people on the journey” who always have the desire to continue, “always with the ...

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

Opening the Holy Door at St. Mary Major, Cardinal Rolando Makrickas prayed that the world would entrust itself to Mary, "the ...

Opening the Holy Door of the oldest Marian shrine in the Western world, Cardinal Rolando Makrickas prayed that the world ...