Pope Francis will have lunch on Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Vatican with 1,300 people “who hold a privileged place in God’s heart” as part of celebrations to mark the eighth World Day of the Poor.

Pope Francis has called for the expansion of the Vatican library and archives to a building outside Vatican City to make more “available this precious patrimony.”

At the Vatican on Monday, Pope Francis recalled the hospitality and peacemaking of St. Bernard of Aosta, the patron saint of mountaineers and Alpine travelers who lived one millennium ago and gave his name to the St. Bernard dog breed.

In honor of the 150th anniversary of Our Lady of the Rosary’s arrival in Pompeii on Nov. 13, Pope Francis encourages Catholics to contemplate Christ’s life “through the gaze of Mary” during the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.

Pope Francis on Nov. 9 appointed Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, as the new preacher of the Papal Household, replacing Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, 90, who held that position for 44 years.

The Traditional Latin Mass at the Diocese of Tyler's cathedral in Texas will end on Dec. 1, following a Vatican-approved order nearly a year after Pope Francis removed Bishop Joseph Strickland as diocesan head.

During his Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis asked his listeners to consider the qualities necessary for good leadership.

Pope Francis announced on Saturday that St. Isaac of Nineveh, a seventh-century Assyrian bishop venerated across Christian traditions, will be added to the Roman Martyrology.

Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín is one of the key figures of the Synod on Synodality. Pope Francis appointed him undersecretary of the event, which the Spanish prelate says he has experienced as “an offer of grace” and a call “to personal conversion.”

The most important church in Rome, the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, is celebrating its 1,700th anniversary on Nov. 9.

For the first time in over a century, the historic Chair of St. Peter, a wooden throne symbolizing the pope’s magisterial authority, has been removed from its gilded bronze reliquary in St. Peter’s Basilica to be displayed for public veneration.

Microsoft President Brad Smith is set to unveil an artificial intelligence-enhanced project focusing on St. Peter’s Basilica during a press conference at the Vatican on Nov. 11.

An extraordinary event is taking place as the arm of Saint Jude the Apostle—a relic that has remained in Rome for over 1700 years—travels across the United States.

Rome is preparing to welcome millions of visitors for the Jubilee Year, as pilgrims pass through the Holy Doors.

As Germany marks the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall this year, key witnesses are highlighting the crucial role played by St. John Paul II in bringing about the peaceful revolution that transformed Europe.

Pope Francis commemorated All Souls’ Day on November 2nd with a Mass at Rome's Laurentino Cemetery. The Mayor of Rome and over 100 faithful welcomed the pope to the city's third-largest burial ground.

Pope Francis warned against “Coca-Cola spirituality” at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome

Cardinal Pietro Parolin and other Vatican leaders expressed well wishes to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, hoping for wise leadership in domestic and international matters.

Pope Francis’ personal travel agent — the priest who organizes his trips around the world — is one of the 21 clerics who will be made a cardinal at a consistory at the Vatican in December.

Opening his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square with a prayer to Our Lady of the Forsaken (Virgen de los Desamparados), the patroness of Valencia, Spain, Pope Francis asked people to pray for the victims of flash floods in Spain.

Pope Francis warned against “Coca-Cola spirituality” on Tuesday at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, shortly after the rector praised exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez as a model of true Christian courage.

The Vatican last week opened a center to welcome pilgrims and tourists before they visit St. Peter’s Basilica.

Four German bishops, resisting the move of turning the German Synodal Way into a permanent council, have expressed their gratitude for the Synod on Synodality, which concluded Oct. 27 in Rome.

Pope Francis has added the Italian archbishop of Naples, Domenico Battaglia, to the list of new cardinals he will create at a consistory at the Vatican on Dec. 7.