Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Christmas Eve to kick off Jubilee 2025. The door, ...

Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of ...

Pope Francis expressed his appreciation for the ... It is similar to other outdoor bowling games, such as boules in France, and the Provençal game of pétanque. Today, an estimated 25 million ...

Interview. Church historian Yann Raison du Cleuziou discusses the church’s historical debates on popular religion, ...

VATICAN—Pope Francis has declared the 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne—who were executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution—as saints through the rare procedure of ...

VATICAN— Pope Francis has officially declared the 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, executed during the Reign of ...

Prompted in part by the 350th-anniversary celebrations of the apparitions of the Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque at Paray-le-Monial, France, Pope Francis looked at how the traditional ...

Pope Francis has declared as saints 16 Carmelite martyrs executed by guillotine during the French Revolution and confirmed ...

During his return flight from Marseille in southern France in 2023, Pope Francis was asked by AFP about the proposed law. He strongly criticized it as “an ugly kind of compassion.” ...

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

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

Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Sunday prayer ahead of Christmas celebrations, condemning ...