VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church ...

In the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the jubilee cross that led the faithful into the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was from its dedication in 2002.

Michael Guidice and Andrew Ewell founded Catholic Land Movement, an initiative that traces its lineage to the Catholic Land ...

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

Marked by solemn processions and prayers for hope in troubled times, Archbishop Bernard Hebda presided over two opening ...

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 ...

A Boeing jet burst into flames Sunday after it skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete ...

I mean stories which were important but which didn’t generate a lot of buzz, either in the mainstream media or the ...

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

File photo of Pope Francis during a private audience at Clementine ... united against "assisted dying" “This pilgrimage to Rome is a courageous step and bears witness to your desire to keep ...

Further reading: Presenting himself as a pacifist, Pope Francis dreams of ending war ... who met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Rome December 12. Repeating the call made ...