The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified ...

The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified.

ROME — The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified for having abdicated for a day rather than approve legislation to ...

The Vatican has taken the first main step to fulfill Pope Francis' wish that Belgium's late king be beatified for having ...

Amid security worries, millions of pilgrims are expected to descend on Rome for a Jubilee Year of major Catholic celebrations ...

Pope Francis called for peace around the world and for global conflicts to end in his annual “Urbi et Orbi” Christmas message ...

Pope Francis in his Christmas message called for talks between Ukraine and Russia to end the war that followed Moscow's ...

The 88-year-old Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, officially launching ...

Pope Francis called for cease-fires for the conflicts in Ukraine and in the Middle East during his Christmas message in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City.

The intimate Mass led by Pope Francis marked a historic moment — the first opening of a jubilee Holy Door within a prison.