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

Heidi A. Campbell, Texas A&M University The year 2025 is a Year of Jubilee: an event held every quarter-century that calls ...

Bishop Frederik Hansen, who selected Lex tua veritas — “Your law is truth” — as his episcopal motto, succeeds Bishop Bernt ...

PBS host Kathy McCabe provides tips and restaurant suggestions for visitors to Rome during the Jubilee of 2025 and suggests ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced his Jan. 20 inauguration will be moved indoors as Washington braces for what are ...

Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed cautious optimism this week that pilgrims will be able to return to the region ...

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 ...

The Church of the Immaculate Conception in China’s capital Beijing, founded some 420 years ago by Venerable Matteo Ricci, ...

Hundreds more Cuban dissidents are expected to be released in the coming days in a deal with President Biden, but even a top ...

The negotiations on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the first release of hostages to begin Jan. 19 are seen as an ...

Hope,” the autobiography of Pope Francis, hit the shelves of Italian bookstores Tuesday and became on sale starting Jan. 16 ...

Just days before the start of a U.S. administration that’s promised a swift immigration crackdown, hundreds of Guatemalan ...