Over half a million people have already passed through the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica since Pope Francis opened it on ...

Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

The star,” Pope Francis said, “speaks to us of that unique light that can show to all people the way to salvation and ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of ...

Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.

"May we learn to care for every child born of a woman, above all by protecting, like Mary, the precious gift of life: life in ...

On the first day of 2025, Pope Francis warned Christians against “imagining or inventing a God in the abstract” during his ...

Pope Francis celebrated first vespers for the vigil of the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday.

The pope, who turned 88 Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair and presides over rather than concelebrates most public liturgies.

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican and Microsoft have unveiled a digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica that uses ... feel welcome in this great house,” Pope Francis told Smith and members of ...