FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — When Jason Whitehead first saw the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee mascot, Luce, it “was a bit of a surprise,” he said.

At least 160,000 devotees woke up early on Thursday to join the foot procession at dawn that kicked off the 11-day ...

The procession served as a visible sign for the public of the jubilee year that Pope Francis initiated for the universal ...

On Tuesday the Vatican announced that after just two weeks since Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee of Hope on Christmas ...

As the Jubilee Year 2025, which is a Holy Year in the Catholic Church has just begun, Pope Francis proclaimed it will have the theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. However ...

More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...

More than half a million people passed through the Holy Door at St Peter's in the first two weeks since Pope Francis launched ...

Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...

On the eve of the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, the Second Sunday after Christmas, Cardinal James Harvey, Archpriest ...

In an amusing branding move, the Vatican debuted an anime-style cartoon mascot named Luce to mixed reactions online.

PILGRIM CHURCH The Archdiocesan Shrine of Sto. Niño in Tacloban City celebrates its proclamation as one of the pilgrim ...