As cardinals gather in Rome for their first consistory under Pope Leo XIV, Venezuela has become a test case for the church’s ...

A day after closing out the 2025 Holy Year, Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the ...

The Vatican on Monday gave a final accounting of its 2025 Holy Year, saying more than 33 million pilgrims had participated ...

On Tuesday, Leo symbolically closed the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, ending a Jubilee that began with Pope Francis in ...

Early estimates had expected that the Jubilee Year would bring 30 million to 35 million visitors to the Vatican. The city saw ...

Rushed preparations, soaring pilgrim numbers and underwhelming financial returns defined a Jubilee Year shaped by an ...

The parents of St. Carlo Acutis contributed to the development of a new official news application connected to the ...

About 33.5 million pilgrims came to Rome in 2025 for the Catholic Holy Year, Vatican and Italian officials said on Monday, ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Christmas Mass, calling for “peace and consolation" for victims of wars, injustice, ...

Vatican City may be small, but it's steeped in religious history. It has a long history of being strongly linked with Christianity as the site of Saint Peter's tomb as well as being filled with famous ...

Much of the Vatican City’s revenue comes from tourism and it’s been hit hard by the pandemic. Much like other major visitor hotspots, the Vatican has been forced to cut back, and it’s predicting big ...