Pope Francis is celebrating his 88th birthday. He is one of the oldest popes in the history of the Church and the oldest ...

According to the pope's autobiography, British intelligence informed Iraqi police that a woman wearing explosives was ...

Making his customary visit to the Rome Basilica of St. Mary Major to pray before his trip to the French island of Corsica, ...

Having instituted the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly in 2019, the Holy Father is keeping true to his inaugural ...

The pontiff declared "Enough wars, enough violence!" while presenting a scene by two Palestinian artists near the Vatican on ...

"In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not knowing what ...

Pope Francis called on musicians and artists to serve as “angels of peace” during his address to participants of the 2024 ...

In 2024, Pope Francis presented a Nativity scene displayed at the Vatican that featured baby Jesus wrapped in a kaffiyeh, a ...

"Let us continue to pray for peace, in tormented Ukraine, in the Middle East — Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, and now Syria — in ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “With tears in our eyes, let us raise our prayer for peace,” Pope Francis said as he thanked the people ...

Pope Francis and the Vatican will open five spiritual portals starting Christmas Eve that are part of Roman Catholic Church rituals that date back to 1300.

One of the Vatican's Nativity scenes raised eyebrows when it was unveiled because it featured a keffiyeh, the Palestinian ...