The Cuban government announced that it would release hundreds of political prisoners, citing inspiration from Pope Francis' ...

Taking up the spirit of the recently inaugurated Holy Year 2025, the Cuban government has announced the release of 553 people ...

NORTHERN Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan led local officials and religious leaders in welcoming the Vatican Ambassador to the ...

The Holy Father told groups of pilgrims attending his Jan. 15 general audience that they should be aware that millions of ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain ...

ROME — An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that ...

The New York Times and other media outlets reported that the Italian bishops, approved by the Vatican, allowed gay men to ...

Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin Monday held a meeting with papal representatives in the Middle ...

One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In his new ...

JERUSALEM — Hope, the theme chosen by Pope Francis for Jubilee 2025, is in short supply in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza right now, but is needed more than ever, local Catholic leaders say. While few ...

Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has ...

Pope Francis launches a Jubilee of Hope with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, symbolizing reconciliation ...