COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Pope Francis kisses the baby Jesus as he presides over an Epiphany mass in St.Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino ...

Pope Francis opened the final Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, marking the start of the Jubilee of Hope. With the theme ...

The Gospel is a word of compassion, mercy, light, freedom and joy, Pope Francis said. The Gospel "calls us to become ...

Pilgrims, the faithful and visitors from all over the world to St Peter’s Basilica in Rome now ... 24 December 2024 at 7pm, with a Mass presided over by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square ...

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 ...

After the Mass, Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan, Bishop of Waterford & Lismore, blessed the beautiful statue and shrine of Blessed ...

A local pilgrimage that kicked off in January in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offers an opportunity to celebrate the newly canonized Martyrs of Damascus and to, in prayer, walk ...

COLOMBO: Thanksgiving Masses were held today in all the homes of the Missionaries of Charity in Sri Lanka to honour Saint Teresa of Calcutta, who was canonised yesterday in St Peter's Square by Pope ...

Pope Francis has tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium for an audience Saturday after the handle of his walking stick ...

Pope Francis, reflecting on the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, says it serves as a reminder that Jesus is salvation ...

The encounter was one of a series of Saturday jubilee audiences of 2025, following a first meeting with pilgrims and a ...