While altar servers eventually took up the custom of ringing hand-held bells at the altar, the tradition of ringing the tower ...

As the Jubilee year kicks off in Rome, more than half a million visitors have flocked to the Vatican to walk through the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica. CNN’s Antonia Mortensen brings you to the ...

Hope,” the autobiography of Pope Francis, hit the shelves of Italian bookstores Tuesday and became on sale starting Jan. 16 ...

Among the traditional religious activities that can earn one an indulgence — such as pilgrimage to holy sites, acts of ...

Support for religious liberty among Americans grew over the past year in most categories, according to the 2024 Religious ...

Italian farmers brought their animals to the Vatican on Friday to be blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti on the feast of St.

"In the journey of life, we could identify hope as the signpost that marks our itinerary," Pope Francis said during a meeting ...

Pope Francis welcomed a group of children and young people from the Italian Union of Blind and Partially Sighted People in ...

The entertainers were hosted in the Vatican hours before the pontiff was ... Catholic pilgrims are expected to head to Rome for the jubilee, which takes place once every 25 years.

In the years I have had a ministry to the street people, I cannot say I have cured a single person. But I do believe that ...

The street leading to St. Peter's Square is turned into a farmyard for St. Anthony's blessing of animals :: January 17, 2025: ...