Mary's Meals, which feeds 2.4 million children daily, calls for hope and action to bridge gap between privileged and hungry ...

The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who participate can obtain “indulgences” — the centuries-old feature of the ...

Pope Francis on December 24 inaugurated the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome. One of the symbolic images of every Jubilee is ...

As the Jubilee Year picks up speed, the faithful must participate by sharing what we have with the disadvantaged, Catholic ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory offers a prayer at the beginning of the Opening of the Jubilee Year Mass on Jan. 1, 2025 at the ...

A plenary indulgence is remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven.

The iconic sculpture’s journey from the Vatican to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York was a monumental feat of faith and ...

A current exhibition at the MET reveals a humanity that will shift people's perception of religious art — and with it their ...

Highlights include the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis in Saint Peter’s Square, visits to the Papal Basilicas and Holy ...

Marked by solemn processions and prayers for hope in troubled times, Archbishop Bernard Hebda presided over two opening ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security ...

Multiple Catholic groups and organizations this year have collected and distributed Christmas presents to children and families in need — some of them continuing yearslong traditions ensuring ...