Amid security worries, millions of pilgrims are expected to descend on Rome for a Jubilee Year of major Catholic celebrations ...

Pope Francis kicked off the Jubilee this week, marking the start of the Holy Year in Italy as 32 million pilgrims are expected to travel to Rome this year.

The intimate Mass led by Pope Francis marked a historic moment — the first opening of a jubilee Holy Door within a prison.

ROME — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and ...

ROME -- Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century ...

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century celebration that ...

Further reading: Presenting himself as a pacifist, Pope Francis dreams of ending war ... took place in the last six months of his term in 2020. “I believe the church's job is to build ...

Pilgrims lined up early Wednesday to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica, as Christmas ...

President Biden has spared the lives of 37 of 40 federal death row prisoners by commuting their sentences to life in prison.

Several days after speaking with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he would commute most existing ...

President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he is commuting the death sentences of 37 men convicted of murder who will now ...