Cuba’s release of 553 prisoners is seen by analysts and opposition as a “swap” to gain U.S. economic benefits, including removal from the terrorism sponsor list.

Franciscan friar Paolo Benanti, an expert in artificial intelligence (AI), warned of its ethical risks during a colloquium organized by the Paul VI Foundation in Madrid.

A musical that tells the story of St. Bernadette, visionary of Our Lady of Lourdes, made its debut in Rome on Jan. 14. The premiere was reserved for a select group of guests: 1,600 people from low-income families.

On Jan. 25, the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Pope Francis will conclude this week of prayer with vespers in St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica at 5:30 p.m. Rome time.

The Cuban government announced the release of 553 prisoners through the mediation of Pope Francis “in the spirit of the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025.”

The Vatican City State has toughened sanctions for those who try to illegally enter its territory in areas where free access is not allowed.

Bishop Stefano Manetti of Fiesole, Italy, president of the bishops’ commission for the clergy and consecrated life, clarifies the text titled “The Formation of Priests in Italian Churches: Guidelines and Rules for Seminaries.”

Pope Francis has marked another milestone in his pontificate by appointing, for the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, a woman to head a Vatican dicastery.

Pope Francis on Friday welcomed a group of children and young people from the Italian Union of Blind and Partially Sighted People in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, encouraging them to be pilgrims of hope during the 2025 Jubilee Year.

With the beginning of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, there are many questions the faithful may ask.

One of the most iconic is the Romea Strata, a historic road that has guided travelers from Central and Eastern Europe to Rome.

On Dec. 24 at 7 p.m., Pope Francis will inaugurate the Jubilee of Hope 2025 at St. Peter’s Basilica, where 30 million are expected to participate. Later, he will celebrate Christmas Mass.

As Christmas draws near: Pope Francis gifts a vehicle converted into a small mobile hospital to care for the inhabitants of Ukraine devastated by war.

On Dec. 15, the pope will visit the city of Ajaccio, the capital of the French island, to close a conference on popular religiosity in the Mediterranean

The DDF, the Vatican body responsible for questions of doctrinal orthodoxy in the Catholic Church, has a group of outside consultants. What is their role?

Among the new cardinals created by Pope Francis on Dec. 7, 44-year-old Cardinal Mykola Bychok, CSSR, stands out as the youngest cardinal. He leads the Eparchy of Sts. Peter and Paul for Ukrainian Catholics in Oceania.

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.

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.”

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 congregation of Sister Clare Crockett, a young nun who died in 2016 during an earthquake in Ecuador, announced the beginning of her cause for beatification.

Pope Francis made a special “getaway” from the Vatican yesterday afternoon and met with a group of 200

Five new complaints of alleged abuse committed by Father Marko Rupnik have been presented to the Dicastery for

Two priests and cosmologists from the Vatican Observatory have made further progress in developing a new mathematical method

The Archdiocese of Quebec in Canada has announced that Pope Francis has appointed a retired judge to lead