Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the church in Rome's Rebibbia prison complex and walked over its threshold. After ...

Father Y. David Brault – who achieved one of his dreams as a priest when he became the founding pastor of a parish, Our Lady ...

The short answer is, a Jubilee Year is a special year of grace and reconciliation. Today, the Catholic Church celebrates a ...

Opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica has been a fixture of the Catholic Church's celebration of jubilee years since ...

Celebrating Christmas Mass after opening the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis said the birth of Jesus fills Christians with hope ...

(Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory, in a decree issued on Dec. 12, 2024, named Jubilee Churches for sacred pilgrimages ...

Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory, shown during a May 2023 interview, on Dec. 23, 2024 praised President Biden’s decision to ...

JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- "You have become the light of our Church in the entire world," Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa told ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer from inside the chapel of his residence because of a cold, ...

MAGDEBURG, Germany (OSV News) -- Several hundred people gathered at Magdeburg Cathedral in the evening of Dec. 21 for an ecumenical prayer service to remember the victims of the Dec. 20 Christmas ...

Franciscan Father Joseph Nangle, who spent much of his priestly ministry advocating for peace and for justice for those left ...

Pope Francis will meet with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden at the Vatican Jan. 10 to discuss efforts to promote peace ...