Pilgrims from around the world have been passing through the open Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica this week, which Pope ...

Amid security worries, millions of pilgrims are expected to descend on Rome for a Jubilee Year of major Catholic celebrations ...

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving ...

The intimate Mass led by Pope Francis marked a historic moment — the first opening of a jubilee Holy Door within a prison.

"I wanted the second Holy Door to be the one here, at a prison," Francis told the inmates. "I wanted all of us, inside or out ...

Pilgrims lined up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks the ...

He made the remarks a day after the start of the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, which takes place ...

Pope Francis appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and for the reconciliation between enemies in a ...

Pope Francis prayed that the Jubilee Year may become “a season of hope” and reconciliation in a world at war and suffering ...

The pope also voiced concern about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in his Christmas address, labeling the situation ...

During their visit together on Thursday, Francis gifted the president a bronze artwork inscribed with the words "Peace is a fragile flower," a gift the pope has also given other world leaders. Abbas' ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis called on Thursday for new international agreements to reduce the debt ... The pope's Thursday call was part of his annual message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day ...