In Rome, the Catholic Church is celebrating a Jubilee year. The Jubilee is anticipated to attract over 30 million visitors to ...

VATICAN CHRISTMAS: The Vatican illuminated this year's Christmas tree and unveiled the nativity scene for the holiday season on Saturday (12/7). The 95-foot-tall red spruce hails from a forest in ...

The Vatican has been putting Christmas trees in St. Peter’s Square for 42 years, but this year’s Tannenbaum could land the church on the naughty list. Environmentalists have appealed to the ...

More crowds than usual are expected this year in the Eternal City. We explain what the Jubilee is, how to navigate the crowds ...

The 200-year-old tree, dubbed the “Green Giant,” will be cut down for Vatican Christmas decorations in St. Peter’s Square.

penance and forgiveness of sins that takes place every quarter-century — which opened on Christmas Eve. Millions are expected to make a pilgrimage to the Vatican this year, and Jubilee events ...

March 13 (UPI) -- Pope Francis marked the 12th year of his pontificate Thursday while still recovering from lung infection.

Pope Francis holds an audience with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene, at the Vatican (photo credit: REMO CASSILI/REUTERS) Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia ...

The pope has been hospitalized since Friday. Pope Francis' condition appears to be "stationary," the Vatican said on Wednesday, following his pneumonia diagnosis. "Blood tests, evaluated by the ...

Vatican envoy celebrates Mass with Gaza’s Christians Dozens of worshipers gathered in the Holy Family Church in Gaza City as Pizzaballa and other clergy celebrated Mass. A twinkling Christmas ...