Pope Francis was raised in the city’s middle-class Flores neighborhood from the mid-1930s through the ’50s, a time period ...

Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...

to decorate St. Peter's Square and the Vatican for Christmas. The petition, started by the Bearsandothers Association, urges ...

Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, Pope Francis said.

The relic dispayed just above the tomb of St. Peter will be accessible for public viewing until Dec. 8, the solemnity of the ...

Emphasizing the significance of Our Lord’s heart, the Holy Father said Jesus always listens to the prayers of defenseless sinners.

At the heart of the conflict is the Bishop of Rome himself, Pope Francis ... says Higgins. Francis has also outraged traditionalists with restrictions on the Latin mass. The traditional, or ...

Pope Francis on December 26th will go to Rebibbia to open the Holy Door, a symbol of all prisons around the world. On Christmas night, after the solemn mass in St. Peter's Square, he will pass ...

Pope Francis will open a Holy Door in Rome’s ... the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope taking place from Dec. 24, 2024 — Christmas Eve — to Jan. 6, 2026, the feast of the Epiphany.

Pope Francis concluded the Synod of Bishops on Sunday ... and funerals (but cannot lead Mass), have traditionally been men. Advocates for change argue that allowing women to join the diaconate ...

Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic ... but they cannot celebrate Mass. Advocates say allowing women to be deacons would help offset the shortage of priests.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped, but reflected the ...