Unable to read his full address due to a persistent cold, the 88-year-old pontiff asked an aide to deliver his prepared remarks to the diplomats at the Hall of Blessings in Vatican City on Jan. 9.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates ... Pilgrims who participate can obtain “indulgences” — the centuries-old feature of the Catholic Church related to the ...

A person walks along the elevated secret narrow 800-meter corridor, known as "Passetto", that runs atop the old Vatican walls ... )(Andrew Medichini / AP) VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Tuesday ...

Israeli authorities meanwhile allowed Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land ... "official" city bird. Family members of a 60-year-old Nova Scotia ...

The Vatican also always proclaims a Jubilee "indulgence" for the Holy Year. That means if the "truly penitent" make a pilgrimage to at least one major Papal Basilica in Rome, or to the Holy Land ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas overshadowed by war as Pope Francis led mass in the Vatican ... some Christians in ...

The Pope will open the "Jubilee" or "Holy Year 2025" on Christmas Eve. What does that entail? And why is Rome expecting millions of visitors?Construction workers in Rome have been working hard for ...

Pilgrims who participate can obtain “indulgences” — the centuries-old feature of the Catholic ... four papal basilicas in Rome or the Holy Land, or other sacred Jubilee sites “so as ...

Some know they’re likely the last heirs of a centuries-old ... the Holy Land. The keffiyeh was visible during the presentation of the Bethlehem Nativity to Pope Francis in the Vatican’s ...

Credit: AMNA In 2001, Pope John Paul II made history by becoming the first leader of the Vatican to visit Greece in nearly 1,300 years. This was a key step towards healing the centuries-old tensions ...