Upon arrival, Francis laid white roses on a memorial stone marking the Garden of Angels and silently prayed for several ...

Two days after opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica to inaugurate the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis will travel to a ...

Laura Itzkowitz While Vatican City is home to both the Roman Catholic Church's governing body and its leader, the pope, this small nation within Rome offers a wealth of attractions open to ...

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In the Vatican, the super Synod concluded after a month on a quiet note, neither with infamy nor praise. Most importantly, without ruptures, which was perhaps the most important goal for Pope ...

Crowds in a sunny St. Peter's Square watch Pope Francis as he leads the Angelus prayer from a window of the Apostolic Palace on Nov. 3, 2024. Credit: Vatican ... with which you open yourself ...

Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried ... He prayed that God would hear people's prayers for their ...

Vatican Media The Pope was also greeted by mothers from ... he offered a special prayer for the deceased, asking God to “open the arms of your mercy and receive them into the glorious assembly ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The head of the Vatican’s doctrinal department issued a letter on Monday (Oct. 21) dashing hopes that Pope Francis ... make strong appeals to open the diaconate to female ...

Pope Francis during an audience with a delegation of the Italy-China Federation, in The Vatican on Feb. 2 ... to “indefinite detention without due process, disappearances, open-ended security police ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City and Rome A monthlong ... “The question remains open,” he said, adding that the pope had signed the document approving the meeting’s findings.