In his first Saturday Jubilee 2025 audience, Pope Francis reflected on hope through the lens of St. John the Baptist: ...

A new tour for Jubilee 2025 of the Vatican Gardens at the pope’s summer palace in Castel Gandolfo aims to bring Pope Francis’ ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis in January, likely the president's final international trip just days before he leaves the Oval Office, the White House announced on ...

GENEVA (Switzerland) - 30th anniversary of the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) BELGIUM - Ban on disposable electronic cigarettes comes into force VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Prince ...

May the New Year bring us peace, fellowship and gratitude.' Pope Francis has appeared on the Thought for the Day segment once before in October 2021 prior to the COP26 climate summit. On that ...

Pope Francis has kicked off the 2025 Holy Year, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a test of the pope's stamina and the ...

In his annual Christmas message, Pope Francis urged the world to "silence the sound of arms" and find reconciliation, "even (with) our enemies." Pope Francis delivered his annual Christmas message ...

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged "all people of all nations" to find courage during this Holy Year "to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions ...

Pope Francis then presided over the Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's, where he turned once again to the victims of war. "We think of wars, of machine-gunned children, of bombs on schools and ...

Hope lives, Francis reminded the faithful on Christmas Eve, as he spoke of the blessed arrival of the Christ Child and the start of the Jubilee. Pope Francis ... knock on the gold door, which ...

On December 26, the pope will say Mass in a Roman prison to open the only Holy Door not in a papal basilica. The gesture is in keeping with key themes in Francis’ pontificate, emphasizing God ...