Let us not be afraid to throw open bright windows of closeness to those who are suffering, of forgiveness, of compassion, and ...

Pope Francis has called out nuns with 'vinegar faces' and told them to avoid gossip in a bizarre tirade.  The pope, 88, urged ...

Pilgrims who visit Rome during the Jubilee, a holy year celebrated every 25 years, will have the opportunity to receive a plenary indulgence by passing through the doors.

McElroy, known for a pastoral approach to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, will take over an archdiocese still bruised by a ...

Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.

I declared a mounting crisis in Jewish/Catholic relations the most under-covered Vatican story of 2025. Early indications are ...

Richard Gagnon is retiring as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Winnipeg 11 years after arriving in the city. Gagnon — the ...

With this, the opening of all five holy doors in Rome for the Roman Catholic Church’s ‘Jubilee of Hope’ is now complete. The ceremony is historic because the basilica was bu ...

Roxane Salonen writes that jubilee years are celebrated every 25 years by the Catholic Church worldwide, and who couldn’t use a little hope about now?

As had already happened during the Immaculate Conception rite in Piazza di Spagna on December 8th, when two animal rights ...

Shigemi Fukahori, a Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor who spent his life advocating for peace and disarmament, passed away in Nagasaki at 93. After years of silence, he began speaking out, sharing his ...

I thought I was done with this subject for a while. Two weeks ago, I wrote a scathing column denouncing Pope Francis for ...