Pope Francis is bringing his Holy Year to Rome’s main prison. Francis traveled to Rebibbia prison Thursday on a frigid morning.
Vatican Diary:For the 12th consecutive year, Pope Francis visited a Roman cemetery November 2. This year, he prayed for parents facing perinatal grief. Every week, La Croix's permanent special correspondent in the Vatican reveals the behind-the-scenes of
Nearly a year after Ortega’s visit, Francis shrugged off his role in the U.S.-Cuba rapprochement, even as he credited divine inspiration for his own part in the talks’ successful outcome. “What could I do with these two who have been going on like this for more than 50 years?” h...
This Jubilee year marks the 90th anniversary of World Missionary Day, first approved by Pope Pius XI in 1926 and organized by the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 恰恰在此慈悲圣年之际,欣逢由宗座信仰传播事业发起,并由教宗比约十一世于一九二六年批准通过的世界传教节九十周年纪...
the world two great messages: that of the merciful Jesus and that of Fatima. The first was remembered during the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy; the second, related to the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary over evil, “of which the centenary of the...
"The only way we can help him is by prayer," said 17-year-old Danuta Chowaniec, one of the worshippers at St. Mary’s Church, where the Pope — Karol Wojtyla — was baptized. "In spite of these alarming statements from the Vatican, that he is really worse, I still hope he improves...
Jubilee Year,Hope, and hospitalization At the beginning of 2025 Francis received thePresidential Medal of Freedomwith Distinction from U.S. Pres.Joe Biden. He also released his autobiography,Hope. It was published to coincide with theJubilee Yearand came out amid a number of historic developments...
Pope Takes Up Topic of Hansen’s Disease A special mass was held at the Vatican on June 12, 2016, as part of the Catholic Church’s jubilee events for the ill and disabled during the Holy Year of Mercy, to which many people with disabilities, medical practitioners, and welfare workers we...