During his Angelus address on Jan. 19, 2025, at the Vatican, Pope Francis thanked those who mediated the latest ceasefire in ...

Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prays will be undertaken ...

Pope Francis expressed the hope that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that came into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19, “would be respected immediately by all the parties [involved]” and would lead to ...

Biden’s team struggled in the final days and weeks of his term, as it did for four years, to drive a message that might ...

Trump’s vice president is JD Vance, the 40-year-old U.S. Senator from Ohio. Barring a bad showing in office, he will be the ...

Italy expects 35 million pilgrims to visit Rome during the Catholic Church’s current “Holy Year” or “Jubilee” that runs through January 6, 2026. In modern times, Holy Years usually occur in 25-year ...

Pope Francis suffered a contusion and was later seen in public wearing a sling, but the Vatican confirmed he did not fracture any bones in the fall.

While some Jewish leaders condemned the pope’s recent remarks on Israel, others believe that Catholic-Jewish relations can ...

Among the traditional religious activities that can earn one an indulgence — such as pilgrimage to holy sites, acts of ...

To the extent that the dictatorship must be condemned…we must look for mechanisms that can help alleviate hunger.” ...

Unlike that of his only Catholic predecessor in the job, John F. Kennedy, Biden’s Catholicism, White said, “was embedded both ...

Francis spent much of the past decade in relatively good health but has dealt with several painful medical conditions over ...