The appointment marks a major step in Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message has urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year ...

Pope Francis kicked off the Jubilee this week, marking the start of the Holy Year in Italy as 32 million pilgrims are expected to travel to Rome this year.

Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA While the other four Holy Doors open to jubilee pilgrims visiting Rome are all in the Eternal City ... inmate after Mass in Rome’s Rebibbia Prison Complex on the feast of St ...

Rome has completed the most ambitious of thousands of construction works that have disrupted daily life in the Eternal City ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday opened the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, marking the official beginning of the ...

The Jubilee, also known as the Holy Year, has begun with visitors flocking to Rome, the Vatican City and across Italy ... with the Pope is Easter Sunday Mass, which usually draws 60,000 people." ...

The papal basilica, also known as the 'Bethlehem of the West,' houses both the venerated icon of Mary and relics of Christ’s ...

Vatican City, Holy See — Pope Francis opened the “Holy ... Pope Francis will open a Holy Door at Rebibbia prison in Rome and preside over a mass in a show of support for the inmates.

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 22 people, including five children, ...