Netflix's period films not only offer a journey to the past, but they've also been recognized with prestigious awards. These ...

In a new book, Pope Francis said he feels “all right” despite his illnesses. “The reality is, quite simply, that I am old,” ...

The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights ...

At the beginning of Pope Francis’s papacy his controversial predecessor handed him a large white box stuffed with ...

Before the White House's official announcement ... ascended to the papacy in March 2013 after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

His predecessor Pope Benedict XVI was the first to appear on Thought for the Day, broadcasting a pre-recorded message on Christmas Eve in 2010.

Pope Francis kicked off the event while opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Tuesday. The sacred event for the Catholic Church is typically held every 25 years for ...

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 urged inmates to never give up hope as he inaugurated the Vatican’s Jubilee Year at the high-security Rebibbia prison on the outskirts of Rome on Thursday. The pope opened a “Holy ...

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the first such ...

Pope Francis delivered a plea for peace in a world torn by conflict in his 2024 Christmas Day "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the City and the World") address. It came as Christmas marked the start of the ...