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.

"The mystery that never ceases to amaze and move us was renewed this night: the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus, the Son of ...

Every night without fail, a mobile phone rings in the Holy Family church in Gaza, and a parish priest answers. The voice at ...

Pope Francis has opened the great Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. The ceremony kicks off the 2025 Holy Year.

Pope Francis kicked off the Jubilee this week, marking the start of the Holy Year in Italy as 32 million pilgrims are expected to travel to Rome this year.

Pope Francis has told Vatican bureaucrats to stop speaking ill of one another. A wheezing and congested sounding Francis ...

Pope Francis is suffering from a cold and will give the Sunday blessing ahead of a busy week that includes Christmas Eve and ...

Pope Francis on Sunday lamented the ongoing war and violence affecting families in Gaza and other parts of the world in the lead-up to Christmas and called for a “ceasefire on all war fronts.” ...

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century celebration that ...

Pope Francis emphasized that “no child is ever a mistake” during his last Angelus address before Christmas Day. “A child is a gift of life,” the Holy Father told crowds of pilgrims on ...

"I invite every individual, and all people of all nations ... to become pilgrims of hope, to silence the sounds of arms and ...