Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church's willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East.

Through the centuries it walks with us and, by the power of the Holy Spirit, it is at work in history,” Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis celebrates the First Vespers and Te Deum for the end of the year, in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 31 December 2024. (Photo by EPA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI /MaxPPP) Seated in a chair at ...

More than 3,000 Italians participated in the survey carried out in January, expressing their opinion on the challenges facing ...

Francis is also in a unique position, in that he follows two popes who had a more conservative view of what Vatican II ...

Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs ...

C onflicting SIGNALS are reaching the new American administration from Rome. And some carry a whiff of incense. While Italy’s ...

Franciscan Sister Raffaella Petrini will become head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the Vatican City State ...

This is not the first time the pope has rebuked the president-elect’s position on illegal immigrants. In September 2024, ...

WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden will no longer travel to Rome this week as previously planned to meet with Pope Francis and will instead remain ... "made the decision to cancel his upcoming trip to ...

Pope Francis on Monday offered wishes to US President-elect Donald Trump in a message sent ahead of the presidential ...