Half a million young people are expected to pour into Rome next week for the biggest event of the 2025 Holy Year.

The last regular Jubilee was in 2000, when St. John Paul II ushered in the church’s third millennium. Francis declared a special Jubilee in 2015-2016 dedicated to mercy and the next one planned ...

An estimated 1 million youth and young adults, including a local contingent led by Archbishop Pérez and Bishop McIntyre, will ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security fears following a ...

The event coincides with the first two days of the Jubilee of Youth, with many young people are engaged in online ...

In the coming days, the pope will be mourned, eulogized and laid to rest as the head of the Catholic church, bishop of Rome and sovereign leader of Vatican City Then, the College of Cardinals ...

A group of tourists from the region happen to be in Rome at a historic time, as the as the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church begin deliberations for a new Pope.

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday met with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune at the Vatican, where they discussed the state of ...

Over 200 young people from Tanzania are traveling to Rome as pilgrims to the Jubilee of Youth, an event that is part of the ...

A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here's what you need to know. Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make ...

Here's a look at the well-choreographed transition process and what experts including the Rev. Robin Ryan of the Catholic Theological Union and the Rev. Stan Chu Ilo of DePaul University say.