Pilgrims from around the world have been passing through the open Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica this week.

The head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has made a rare UK radio appearance after his message of peace and hope was ...

Pope Francis, who is 88 and was born in Argentina, gave the Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday, and urged ...

Pope Francis used the high-profile TFTD slot to share his thoughts on the Jubilee, the Year of Hope he inaugurated in Rome on ...

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving ...

The head of the Catholic Church wished listeners ‘peace, fellowship and gratitude’ in the new year as he gave the Thought for ...

Pope Francis on December 24 inaugurated the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome. One of the symbolic images of every Jubilee is ...

It is an interesting time for Pope Francis to have ushered in a Holy Year, also known as a jubilee, for the global Catholic Church – a time for peace, forgiveness and pardon. With the sad reality of ...

Recent research has identified what attracts people to Catholic parishes, and parishes are using creative means to evangelize ...

The faiths in our family include skepticism. But we have come to think of prayers not as a list of wishes hurled into the ...

Vladimir Putin said Russia had struck Ukraine with a new hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile in response to Kyiv’s use of US and British missiles against Russia. On 21 November, he said Russia ...