Pope Francis has opened the sacred portal at St Peter’s in Rome marking the beginning of the Jubilee, with the theme Pilgrims of Hope.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated political activist Brian Burch as the United States’ ambassador to the Holy See.

The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has said he is “very disappointed” that “such a momentous decision” on the ...

Lord Mayor of Westminster Robert Rigby has been awarded a papal knighthood, achieving the highest honour that can be given a ...

Far from the angelic paragons in movies of earlier decades, portrayals of nuns in films today have become darker, more ...

Bishops in Mozambique called for an “uninterrupted chain of prayer for peace and national harmony” in response to ...

The Pope used the occasion to continue Pope John Paul II’s Advent tradition of blessing statues of the child Jesus to be ...

Vatican cooperation with major IT corporations inspired the creation of a “digital twin” of St Peter’s for the 2025 Jubilee, ...

The president of the German Bishops’ Conference and the Bishop of Magdeburg expressed their shock and offered prayers after a ...

The Supreme Court order barred lower courts from registering fresh suits or passing orders in pending challenges to the Places of Worship Act. India’s Supreme Court froze an array of legal ...

A Russian airstrike on Kyiv damaged St Nicholas’ Church, the second oldest Roman Catholic church in the city.