In a Sunday television interview, Pope Francis emphasized that hope and forgiveness are at the root of the 2025 Jubilee.

For the pope the Jubilee is an invitation to renew hope, especially in times of trial. We are to make our own the sentence ...

The presence of the Lord always gives us this grace of not fearing,” the Holy Father said at his Jan. 22 general audience at ...

Francis is also in a unique position, in that he follows two popes who had a more conservative view of what Vatican II represented. In Catholic theological terms, St. Pope John Paul II and Benedict ...

Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs ...

The Pontifical Swiss Guard, founded in 1506 by Pope Julius II, is among the oldest active military units in continuous ...

Pope Francis criticized potential plans for mass deportations in the United States under President-elect Donald Trump during ...

There is neither a better time nor occasion than the Jubilee Year to abolish the death penalty in the United States, ...

Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prayed would be undertaken ...

Reflecting on his decision to write the autobiography, Pope Francis explained, "It is an autobiography, but for me ...

During his Angelus address, the Holy Father also expressed his hope that all hostages “may finally return home and embrace ...

Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a "gesture of great hope" that he prayed would be undertaken ...