COMMENTARY: Pope Francis, on Jan. 11, became the third pope to be given the highest civilian honor in the U.S.

A week before the much-anticipated return of the Sinulog Festival at the heart of the city, a back-to-back event is set to ...

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Pope Francis is unlike any of his predecessors – not least because he is the first to write an autobiography while still in office, writes Catherine Pepinster. But while he uses the book to admits his ...

Among the final acts of his term, U.S. President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis the United States’ highest civilian honor. These two leaders have always appeared close despite their differences over ...

Pope Francis has baptized 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo.

Twenty-five years ago, the Great Jubilee opened with two historic moments at St Peter’s — the opening of the Holy Door on ...

President Joseph Aoun stressed, during his meeting on Thursday with the top spiritual leader of the Druze community Sheikh ( ...

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991. These stations reflect deeply on the Scriptural accounts of Christ's passion. Then Jesus came with them to a place ...

2. Pope John Paul II The visit of Saint John Paul II to Colombia took place 18 years later, in 1986, and lasted seven days, during which he toured ten cities. On July 1, the Holy Father arrived in ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, is the pope’s special envoy for the Mass of consecration of the Church of the Baptism of Christ, January 10. The site is traditionally believed to ...

Pope Francis has officially opened the Jubilee of Hope, which will see millions of pilgrims and tourist visiting the capital ...