Amid security worries, millions of pilgrims are expected to descend on Rome for a Jubilee Year of major Catholic celebrations ...

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving ...

The intimate Mass led by Pope Francis marked a historic moment — the first opening of a jubilee Holy Door within a prison.

"I wanted the second Holy Door to be the one here, at a prison," Francis told the inmates. "I wanted all of us, inside or out ...

In his Christmas blessing, Pope Francis urged people and nations to take a transformative step toward peace and ...

Pilgrims lined up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks the ...

He made the remarks a day after the start of the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, which takes place ...

Pope Francis appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and for the reconciliation between enemies in a ...

Pope Francis prayed that the Jubilee Year may become “a season of hope” and reconciliation in a world at war and suffering ...

The pope also voiced concern about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in his Christmas address, labeling the situation ...

where Pope Francis met with the Imam of Asia’s largest mosque in September. Further reading: New Spanish president for the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue "The world needs fraternity!

The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the ...