Though the cathedral wasn't completed in time for the athletic competitions, it still opened its doors in December 2024, ...

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 ...

The reopening of the grand cathedral of Notre Dame-de-Paris at the start of the Advent season was marked by a grand expression of enthusiasm across the West. International personages like ...

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the first such ...

Pope Francis delivered a plea for peace in a world torn by conflict in his 2024 Christmas Day "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the City and the World") address. It came as Christmas marked the start of the ...

ROME, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican ...

Pope Francis called for peace around the world and for global conflicts to end in his annual “Urbi et Orbi” Christmas message to the faithful. Speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter ...

Elsewhere in his Christmas message, the pope called for peace across the Middle East, saying the “humanitarian situation is extremely grave” in Gaza. “I think of the Christian communities in ...

In his "Urbit et Orbi" (to the City and the world) Christmas address, Pope Francis called for a global effort to "silence the sound of arms and overcome divisions," urging reconciliation and peace ...

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 ...

Worshippers gathered on Tuesday evening for Christmas Day Mass at Cathedral Notre Dame, the first since it reopened ... Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et ...