Pope Francis called on Catholics to become “pilgrims of hope” in a BBC podcast, emphasizing that “hope and kindness touch the ...
The arguments for purgatory are biblical and analogical, rooted in God’s plan to purify souls for heaven through a process of ...
Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the church in Rome's Rebibbia prison complex and walked over its threshold. After ...
The Pope chose to open the Holy Door at the Rebibbia prison in Italy as his second of five doors during the 2025 Jubilee for ...
Amid security worries, millions of pilgrims are expected to descend on Rome for a Jubilee Year of major Catholic celebrations ...
Pope Francis said Christians should give witness to God’s desire to save by praying for those who have harmed them.
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is ...
In his Christmas blessing, Pope Francis urged people and nations to take a transformative step toward peace and ...
Pope Francis has long made prison ministry an important part of his priestly vocation and has visited Rebibbia often since ...
In this episode of , Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss the 2025 Jubilee Year, beginning on Christmas Eve 2024 and ...
The short answer is, a Jubilee Year is a special year of grace and reconciliation. Today, the Catholic Church celebrates a ...