Pope opens Holy Door at a prison for first time ever
“I wanted the second Holy Door I open to be here at a prison,” Pope Francis explained. For the 2025 Jubilee of Hope, the first Door to be...
Pope Francis entrusts Apostolic Journey to Canada to Our Lady
Two nights before Pope Francis's 37th Apostolic Journey abroad, he went as is his custom to the Roman Basilica of Saint Mary Major to...
Pope baptizes 20 children: Now they have the meaning of life
Carrying on a 45-year-old tradition, Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 children of Vatican employees in the Sistine Chapel. Following in the...
70th anniversary of Pope Francis’ discovery of vocation to priesthood
Seventy years ago, on 21 September 1953, the young Jorge Mario Bergoglio - now Pope Francis - went to confession before a party and had...
Knights of Columbus founder to be beatified in October
Fr. Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus Catholic fraternal organization, will be beatified on October 31, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints announced.
Myanmar’s Loikaw Diocese provides health services where military has failed
The situation in Myanmar is critical with healthcare and other services practically non-existent in the wake of the protests and strikes against the military coup.