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

"I wanted the second Holy Door to be the one here, at a prison," Francis told the inmates. "I wanted all of us, inside or out ...

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 ...

Francis has been increasingly critical of Israel. By JNS staff Pope Francis used his Christmas Eve mass to urge Christians to ...

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

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

The move spares the lives of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police and military officers, people on ...

Opponents of the death penalty had urged President Biden to take this step, given the number of executions that took place ...

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 22 people, including five children.

Pope Francis has revealed he was the target of an attempted suicide bombing during his visit to Iraq three years ago, the ...