Pope Francis opens the Holy Year 2025, continues calls for peace, and addresses global challenges, emphasizing love, hope, ...

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

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was 17 years old when he first received his vocation to become a priest. It happened on Sept. 21, 1953 ...

the culmination of a process of listening and prayer that he launched in the fall of 2021. In his homily at the synod’s opening Mass, Pope Francis said it was not a “parliamentary assembly,” but an ...

According to a research firm that regularly conducts a year-end survey on hope and optimism, Filipinos’ hope for what lies ...

The 2800-word text says that a “year of forgiveness and freedom” was declared every half-century by ancient Jewish ...

Pleasant winter sunshine lit up the spacious compound of St Joseph's Cathedral in Wuhan as we gathered on the Feast of the ...

A look back at 2024 and the events that defined a year in the Canadian Catholic Church While December is always a month for ...

Father Michael O’Donoghue, Parish Priest at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Newark, said: “2024 was the year that the NHS ...

The pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network has released the Holy Father’s list of prayer intentions for the year 2025. Every month, ...

Vatican news highlights of the year 2024 included Pope Francis’ longest trip, an 11-day journey through Asia and Oceania; the conclusion of the three-year global process known as the Synod on ...