The pope’s wheelchair came to a stop before the small Holy Door, typically sealed, in the grand St. Peter’s Basilica. According to tradition and a ritual largely unchanged since the 1500s ...

Speaking with ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, Father Giuseppe Bonomo, an Italian priest at the Atri ...

VATICAN— Here’s the full text of Pope Francis’ message for the 58th World Day of Peace ... First, I renew the appeal launched by Saint John Paul II on the occasion of the Great Jubilee of the Year ...

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Italy — where there is a Holy Door instituted by Pope St. Celestine V — emphasized that the jubilee is also a unique time for “personal and community conversion.” In fact, during each ...

Pope Francis visited the Nativity scene on display in St Peter’s Square on Tuesday as he is about to embark on his Holy Year. Pope Francis is flanked by Vatican Head Master of Ceremonies, Bishop Diego ...

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal ... Francis, 88, celebrated a New Year’s Day Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday that was dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus.

The Cathedral of Saint Peter in Vatican ... These astonishing diplomatic efforts made by the Pope extended to the Byzantine Empire as well, showing how well-connected the final Greek Pope was. For ...

St. Sylvester was born in Rome around 250 ... Sylvester continued to deny having anything of value, and after the governor died, the guards set him free. Pope Melchiades heard of Sylvester’s courage ...

(RNS) — A group representing the leaders of the United States’ largest Jewish organizations has written a letter to Pope Francis criticizing his recent condemnation of Israeli airstrikes that ...