Over 35 million pilgrims are expected to visit Rome in 2025 seeking forgiveness of sins and a chance to see the pope.
Rome has shifted into high gear for the opening of Jubilee 2025, a blockbuster year-long celebration in the Catholic world ...
For the first time in its 900-year history, girls will form part of the choir performing at the Christmas Day service on ...
Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to ...
VATICAN—Pope Francis has declared the 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne—who were executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution—as saints through the rare procedure of ...
Pope Francis is only opening one "sacred portal" on this year's Christmas Eve, and it is not "the tomb of Lucifer," which ...
By the time December rolls around each year, it feels like the past 12 months have seen it all. In particular for 2024, they ...
St. Peter’s grave, and the incredible detail of Bernini’s canopy, among many other breathtaking statues and mosaics. By the end of this tour, you’ll have gained detailed insight into the Vatican's ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is considering a visit to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis in early January for what would likely be the final international trip of his presidency, ...
Mother Teresa of St. Augustine and her 15 companions, who were guillotined in Paris as they sang hymns of praise, are now saints in the Catholic Church.
Posts on social media claim that Italy began “dumping” migrants into Vatican City after the Pope said that rejecting them ...
Your trip to Rome does not have to break the bank - the city has many free attractions that will fill several vacations. Here ...