Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome.

If you can’t make it to Rome this Christmas Eve, you can still watch Pope Francis’ traditional holiday mass from the comfort of your home. The mass, often called the Midnight Mass, traditionally took ...

The pope has faced several health challenges in recent years, including knee problems requiring a wheelchair, respiratory ...

At Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. 24, 2024, he could be seen wearing what appeared to be hearing devices. The Vatican said on Jan. 16 that Pope Francis had suffered a ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis said the story of Jesus' birth as a poor ... Francis, celebrating the 12th Christmas of his pontificate, presided at a solemn Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's ...

Pope Francis has increasingly shown his age in recent years, as he now almost always uses a wheelchair to move around and has occasional problems with breathlessness. At Christmas Eve Mass in St ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in st. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan.

Pope Francis then presided over the Christmas Eve mass in St Peter’s, where he turned once again to the victims of war. “We think of wars, of machine-gunned children, of bombs on schools and ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis said the story of Jesus' birth ... presided at a solemn Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and opened the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, which the Vatican ...

Pope looks to his legacy in creating 21 new cardinals Pope Francis then presided over the Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's, where he turned once again to the victims of war. "We think of wars ...