VATICAN CITY (RNS) – After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its ...

I declared a mounting crisis in Jewish/Catholic relations the most under-covered Vatican story of 2025. Early indications are ...

A new pedestrian square and walkway connecting Rome’s historic center to the Vatican and renovations to the Trevi Fountain ...

Days earlier, just before Christmas, outgoing President Joe Biden commuted the executions of 37 prisoners, responding to ...

"May we learn to care for every child born of a woman, above all by protecting, like Mary, the precious gift of life: life in ...

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a "firm commitment" to ...

Security around the Vatican was at its highest levels following the Christmas market attack last week in Germany, the ...

It’s telling that in this present moment of the Church, we are divided over the essential means of our communion.

Bishops worldwide celebrated the opening of the 2025 Holy Year Dec. 29 with Masses in their cathedrals and co-cathedrals to ...

The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who participate can obtain “indulgences” — the centuries-old feature of the ...

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Pope Francis’ vicar for the Diocese of Rome, described the event as “a gesture that renews our ...

The Pope on Tuesday celebrated the inauguration of the Jubilee Year by symbolically opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s ...