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Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024. | (Photo: Daniel...

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door in L’Aquila, Italy. (Photo: Vatican Media) By Kristina Millare/CNA Pope Francis will open a Holy Door in...

The traditional ceremony to verify and ascertain that the Holy Door, closed during the last holy year, is intact, sealed, and ready to be...

The official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year is named “Luce,” which is Italian for “light.” (Credit: Simone...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) We celebrate the season of Advent with hope and the season of Christmas with joy. In Advent, we renew our hope in...

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door in L'Aquila, Italy, on Aug. 28, 2022. | (Photo: Daniel Ibanez/CNA) By Kristina Millare/CNA The Dicastery...

Pope Francis opens the Holy Doors at St. Peter's Basilica to begin the Year of Mercy, Dec. 8, 2015. | (Photo: L'Osservatore Romano) By...

The book “Hope Never Disappoints” is based on interviews author Hernán Reyes Alcaide (pictured here) conducted with Pope Francis....

Pope Francis addresses the crowd at the proclamation of the papal bull “Spes Non Confudit,” meaning “Hope Does Not Disappoint,” at the...

Pope Francis at vespers following the proclamation of the papal bull “Spes Non Confudit,” meaning “Hope does not disappoint,” at the...

The basilica, consecrated on Nov. 18, 1626, is a place of beauty and transcendence, prayer and worship. It is a place made beautiful by...

By Courtney Mares/CNA Pope Francis announced Wednesday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics...

By Courtney Mares/CNA The Vatican and Microsoft have created a 3D digital model of St. Peter’s Basilica using the latest in artificial...

In the annals of historical boorishness, it would be hard to find something more egregious than the Holy See’s timing as it renewed its...

DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 10: Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila kneels during the Litany of Supplication during a transitional deacon...

COMMENTARY: In the fifth chapter of the dogmatic constitution, the Church solemnly proclaimed, for the first time, that all Christians are

By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Pope Francis said Wednesday those who knowingly and intentionally “repel” migrants are committing a grave sin....

By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Pope Francis said Wednesday the person who lives with joy his anointing in the sacrament of confirmation cannot...

(Photo by Vatican Media) By Salvador D. Aceves President of Regis University Earlier this summer, I had the immense privilege of meeting...

By Kristina Millare/CNA Pope Francis held his first general audience after a monthlong summer break Wednesday, reminding pilgrims...