The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who ...

Over 35 million pilgrims are expected to visit Rome in 2025 seeking forgiveness of sins and a chance to see the pope.

Along with the blazing-red serge uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, there is perhaps no other official ensemble as ...

Christians across the world celebrated Christmas Wednesday, with the mood darkened by wars and a massive "inhumane" Christmas ...

A: The short answer is, a Jubilee Year is a special year of grace and reconciliation. Today, the Catholic Church celebrates a Jubi ...

Visitors of the iconic Italian capital were allowed to walk along the fortified walkways that was famously used back in 1527 during the Sack of Rome. Pope Clement VII evaded imperial forces via ...

Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the ...

Rome's iconic Trevi Fountain has re-opened after a three-month restoration, with a new queuing system installed to prevent ...

An early witness to papal authority is the Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. This letter was written 96 A.D. in Rome by Pope Clement to restore order to the church in Corinth. Clement not ...

After him, in the third place from the Apostles, Clement was ... 389 A.D. "(Pope) Stephen . . . was the blessed Peter's twenty-second successor in the See of Rome." St. Jerome, "Against the ...