Join us as we take a look back at some of the events that have shaped the last quarter of a century – and the ways in which we’ve come together in hope to work for a better world.

The Jubilee starting on December 24 is a religious event of enormous significance for the city of Rome, Italy, and the world.

As many as 35 million visitors are expected in Rome in 2025. Many of them will be pilgrims for the upcoming jubilee, a holy year the church celebrates every quarter-century. While numero ...

In his Ash Wednesday homily, Pope Francis said that Lent is the perfect time to let go of selfish and indifferent attitudes, returning to God with the help of prayer, penance and acts of charity.

As Christmas arrives, the small Christian community in the Gaza Strip is again facing a season mired in war. Once a time ...

The Irrawaddy looks back at the key players that shaped Myanmar in 2024, a year in which the junta suffered serious military ...

His cousin Claire de Castelbajac, an art conservationist who helped restore the frescoes of the Basilica of St. Francis of ... In 2018, the pope’s ensemble was lent to the Costume Institute ...

We’ve made good use of the Little Books in the past for Advent and Lent. Both Advent resources ... I asked my son Patrick to read the CRS Prayer to Light the Candle for the first week of Advent, which ...

Expect many dioceses to hold a period of round-the-clock confessions for the Lenten initiative 24 Hours for ... and the Vietnamese and Hispanic communities. Pope Francis has issued a special Jubilee ...

“24 hours for the Lord is an invitation by Pope Francis, who will be taking part in this special day of prayer and reconciliation in Rome. He is encouraging people to, in particular, go to ...

Pope Francis has asked us to be ... us to take a moment and make space for prayer in our busy lives." "One of my resolutions for change in 2025 will be to challenge myself to take on CAFOD’s Big Lent ...