The Jubilee, also known as the Holy Year, has begun with visitors flocking to Rome, the Vatican City and across Italy. Pope Francis kicked off the event while opening the Holy Door of St.

Pope Francis urged inmates to never give up hope as he inaugurated the Vatican’s Jubilee Year at the high-security Rebibbia prison on the outskirts of Rome on Thursday. The pope opened a “Holy ...

Israel’s foreign ministry summoned the Vatican's ambassador, Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, this week to express outrage over Pope Francis’ strong criticism of its abuses against Palestinians ...

The Vatican ambassador was summoned to the Israeli Foreign Ministry for a conversation with the director general following Pope Francis's recent comment on Israeli “cruelty” in Gaza ...

I'm connecting with the reporter. Reporter Park Young-jin, please tell us. [Reporter] Yes, at the Vatican on Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the gates of St. Peter's Basilica and declared the ...

Pope Francis opened the first of five Holy Doors, signifying spiritual portals, on Christmas Eve as part of ancient rituals that launched the Roman Catholic Church’s holy year. In a jubilee ritual ...

Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli has accused the Vatican of spreading “modern blood libels” against Israel and condemned the Canadian and Australian ...

By the time of the Jubilee of the year 1500, the city had gradually transformed with the creation of the Vatican library, the rebuilding of the papal fortress of Castel Sant’Angelo and the ...

20 pick for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. Brian Burch, president of the right-wing advocacy group CatholicVote and Trump’s choice for the job, has a reputation as a “pope critic,” leading ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis exchanges the season’s greetings with Vatican employees, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican ...

Pope Francis told Vatican bureaucrats on Saturday to stop speaking ill of one another, as he once again used his annual Christmas greetings to admonish the backstabbing and gossiping among his ...