While the Holy Year 2025 refrain, "Hope does not disappoint," can be difficult for those suffering from illness to embrace, ...

Church communications cannot exist in an "enclosure" in which Catholics merely talk among themselves and do not engage with ...

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church calls on his followers to abstain from a lot. Pope Francis’ latest request: stop ...

The celebration on Jan. 25 marked the solemn conclusion of this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which the Pope ...

Pope Francis celebrates the First Vespers and Te Deum for the end of the year, in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 31 December 2024. (Photo by EPA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI /MaxPPP) Seated in a chair at ...

The Holy Father stressed that bearing witness to the incarnate love of Christ 'is our ecumenical vocation, in the communion ...

Among the traditional religious activities that can earn one an indulgence — such as pilgrimage to holy sites, acts of ...

With his new encyclical, Pope Francis added his voice to this chorus of encouragement inviting people not to lose heart.

After experiencing a fall at his Vatican residence Thursday morning, Pope Francis suffered a contusion on his right arm, ...

The fall resulted “in a contusion to the right forearm, without any fracture,” but “the arm has been immobilized as a ...

Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad ...

The Holy Father told groups of pilgrims attending his Jan. 15 general audience that they should be aware that millions of ...