ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prayed would be ...

What’s distinctive about your parish? Originally founded in 1890, St. Paul Mission today has a brand-new, beautiful, ...

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori helped the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton open a new exhibit marking the ...

The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield has decreed that the Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel at Thomas ...

The Vatican laid down some guidelines for how Catholics could receive the plenary indulgences announced by Pope Francis as ...

The Señor Santo Niño de Cebú is widely venerated in the Philippines, where around 85 percent of its 110 million population ...

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

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 ...

Jubilees are typically celebrated every 25 years in the Catholic Church. Here's why, including tips on where to stay, what to ...

Pope Francis opening a Holy Door at Rebibbia Penitentiary on Saint Stephen day in Rome as part of the Catholic Jubilee Year Photograph ... world,” the 88-year-old Roman pontiff had opened ...

As the nation's Catholics prepare to commemorate unborn children in prayer, a U.S. bishop is pointing to the Jubilee Year as ...

On occasion of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope, the Trevi Fountain was cleaned and further restored. It has recently reopened to the ...