Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.

Hundreds of thousands of young faithful feted Pope Leo XIV like a rock star Saturday at an open-air prayer vigil outside Rome ...

Hundreds of thousands of young faithful feted Pope Leo XIV like a rock star yesterday at an open-air prayer vigil outside ...

Pope Leo received a rock star welcome over the weekend as he arrived by helicopter in a Rome suburb at what's been dubbed the Catholic Coachella.

Pope Francis on Tuesday opens the 2025 Holy Year, kicking off a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome and test the pope's stamina and the ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a youth ...

Rome is racing to finish restoration works as huge numbers of religious pilgrims are poised to descend on the Vatican to celebrate the Catholic Church’s 2025 jubilee year. Not everyone is sure ...

ROME – With the 2025 Jubilee of Hope rapidly approaching, Italian and Vatican officials have met to discuss ongoing preparations, announcing that a slew of ambitious and costly city renovations ...

Pope Francis launches jubilee, bringing pilgrims and grumbling to Rome By Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli The Washington Post, Updated December 24, 2024, 5:14 p.m.

As the Jubilee of Hope, which formally opens next December, draws near, Delle Site sees the event as an opportunity for Rome, not only as a source of spiritual inspiration and devotion, but also ...