That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican released a partial schedule of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations in March and early ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter ...

Pope Francis on Sunday called for a unified Easter date among Christian churches in the spirit of promoting unity. "It is a happy coincidence that Easter in this ecumenical Jubilee Year is celebrated ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis’ aide leans down to pick up the the handle of the Pope’s walking stick after it snapped as ...

Pope Francis will hold the next few days of meetings in rooms at his Vatican residence while sick with bronchitis, the Vatican said Thursday. “Due to bronchitis, from which he is suffering at ...

Rome — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn't break his arm, but a sling ...

VATICAN CITY — Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the West ...

source says VATICAN CITY, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Pope Francis is not expected to veto President Donald Trump's choice of a high-profile critic of his papacy as the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See ...

Pope Francis and leaders from around the world are meeting at the Vatican this week to discuss the rights of children, including the smallest and most defenseless children — the unborn.

This week, an unabashed Pope Francis appointed an Italian nun, Sister Raffaella Petrini, to run the Vatican City State – the first time a woman has ever been given the role. Women make better ...

Pope Francis' arm is in a sling Thursday after the Vatican confirmed he was injured in a fall, the second such incident in a matter of weeks. The Vatican said Francis fell inside his residence ...