The Mass also marked the Jubilee Year, launched on Christmas, with Francis noting that 'Mary is the door through which Christ ...

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death ...

Pope Francis prayed that the Jubilee Year may become “a season of hope” and reconciliation in a world at war and suffering ...

ROME — Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with a renewed appeal for the faithful to ... Francis recalled the Jubilee’s ...

The pope also voiced concern about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in his Christmas address, labeling the situation ...

Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, delivered the "Urbi et Orbi" Christmas message and blessing from the ...

Pope Francis called for peace around the world and for global conflicts to ... a need for “gestures of dialogue and encounter, in order to achieve a just and lasting peace.” ...

Pope Francis’ Christmas message was a plea for reconciliation, peace and care for others. By Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo is a reporter based in Rome, covering Italy, the Vatican and ...

Pope Francis delivered his annual "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) Christmas message and ... for "gestures of dialogue and encounter, in order to achieve a just and lasting peace." ...

A plenary indulgence is remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven.

Pope Francis on Christmas Day delivered the traditional urbi et orbi address and blessing in Vatican City, inviting all individuals and nations to “silence the sound of arms and overcome ...