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

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

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 ...

In statement, Cardinal Gregory praises President Biden’s decision to commute most federal death-row sentences Biden commutes most federal death-row sentences to life in prison ...

A funeral Mass will be celebrated Jan. 3, 2025 at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Washington, D.C., for Donna Toliver Grimes, a longtime official for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops who was just ...

This time of year, I think, a lot of us can appreciate the idea of taking a trip for the holidays. But what Mary does here is hardly a vacation (though, she does travel bearing a gift). In fact, she ...

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