Elsewhere in the world, Hanukkah started on Christmas Day for the first time since 2005 and celebrations were muted in Germany.

In his homily, Francis said the Holy Year is an opportunity to relieve the debt of poor countries and commit to protecting the planet.

The Vatican rendered a Catholic monastery in North Texas "extinct" after one of its nuns reportedly broke her chastity vows. According to the Houston Chronicle, the judgment follows a year-long ...

Bishop Robert Brennan kicked off the Year of Jubilee 2025 on Dec. 29 with a morning mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St.

Francis used his Christmas Eve mass at the Vatican to urge Christians to think of “the wars, of the machine-gunned children, of the bombs on schools or hospitals” after another year of raging ...

Pope Francis has visited one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic ...

Pilgrims lined up early to walk through the Holy Door at the entrance of St Peter’s Basilica as Christmas marked the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration that is expected to bring some 32 ...

Some social media users have claimed that Michelangelo based his depictions of Jesus on Tommaso de’ Cavalieri.

Donnelly says he didn’t go looking for the ambassador’s job, but he took it because President Biden asked him to.

Pope Francis is bringing his Holy Year to Rome’s main prison. Francis traveled to Rebibbia prison on a frigid morning.