Biden accepted Francis' invitation to visit the Vatican during a Thursday phone call with the pope, the White House said in a statement. The two men have met several times. White House press ...

The Jubilee, also known as the Holy Year, has begun with visitors flocking to Rome, the Vatican City and across Italy. Pope Francis kicked off the event while opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's ...

ROME — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy ... to hold onto that anchor of hope,” he said. Back at the Vatican for his noon blessing, Francis called prison “a cathedral of pain and hope ...

Pope Francis urged inmates to never give up hope as he inaugurated the Vatican’s Jubilee Year at ... than 30 million pilgrims to the Eternal City throughout 2025. Speaking to hundreds of inmates ...

Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer and delivers an address from a window in the Apostolic Palace on Dec. 26, 2024, at the Vatican ... pointed to the example of Blessed Christian de Chergé ...

Israel’s foreign ministry summoned the Vatican's ambassador, Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, this week to express outrage over Pope Francis’ strong criticism of its abuses against Palestinians ...

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 ...

“In order to offer prisoners a concrete ... of the white Fiat 500 car bringing him back to Vatican City. Reflecting on his visit, Pope Francis said in the interview: “Every time I come to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

The Vatican ambassador was summoned to the Israeli Foreign Ministry for a conversation with the director general following Pope Francis's recent comment on Israeli “cruelty” in Gaza ...