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.

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.

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.

Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas as the new metropolitan archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, accepting the resignation of Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, who will turn 75 in February.

Pope Francis shared a heartfelt video message addressed to Mexicans in which he reminded the country of its “great fortune” in having the Virgin of Guadalupe and encouraged all Mexicans to “continue being Guadalupanos [devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe].”

In his Angelus address on Friday on the solemnity of All Saints, Pope Francis spoke about the “identity card” of the Christian.

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of November is for those who have lost a child.

The Vatican introduced an anime-style mascot named Luce to represent Catholic pilgrims in the 2025 Jubilee year on Monday, Oct. 28 — and within a week, the character has already become a viral internet sensation.

Pope Francis on Sunday spoke about Jesus’ teaching that “all things must be done with love,” something, he said, that is essential for the faith of each person.

Pope Francis marked All Souls’ Day with a Mass at a Roman cemetery on Saturday, making a special visit to the “Garden of Angels.”

Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is packed with testimonies from the saints of prayer and devotion to the heart of Christ throughout the centuries.

Pope's schedule for November 1 and 2, 2024.

Theologians and others involved in the October gathering of the Synod on Synodality met this week to offer their expert opinions on the synodal process as it moves into the “reception” or implementation phase.

Pope Francis urged thousands of pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday not to see confirmation as their “last rites” in the Church but as “the start of active participation.”

Roman Nights: Jubilee 2025: A Year of Hope in a World of Crisis

The Vatican issued its first annual report Tuesday assessing the Catholic Church’s policies and procedures to prevent abuse in dioceses worldwide from Africa to Oceania.

A group of Texas nuns has been dismissed from religious life and returned to the lay state after a lengthy feud with their bishop over the governance of their monastery.

Cardinal Seán O’Malley stressed that “celibacy is not the cause of pedophilia” but highlighted the need for more reforms within the Church.

Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, the Vatican has launched a cartoon mascot unveiled Monday as the cheerful face of the Catholic Church’s upcoming holy year.