Watch the Holy Thursday Mass live from the Vatican, during which the oils used in liturgical rituals throughout the year are ...

Forty-two cardinals, 42 bishops and 1,800 priests living in Rome concelebrated the Mass. Holy Thursday marks the institution ...

Pope Francis is still recovering from double pneumonia, but the 88-year-old still met with faithful after the Palm Sunday ...

The Vatican released on Sunday the first photograph of Pope Francis in a month, showing the pontiff in a view from behind ...

The Vatican said he was participating in the celebration of the Mass with other priests. No one else is visible in the photo. It is the first photograph of the pope since he was hospitalized on ...

Catholic faithful do not "buy" Masses, but when a priest accepts an offering and promises to celebrate a Mass for that person ...

2025 The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy issued a decree updating the Church’s norms governing Mass intentions and stipends, emphasizing both proper spiritual understanding and practical ...

Pope Francis arrives in a wheelchair at the end of a mass in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday, April 6, 2025, part ...

The Vatican said he was participating in the celebration of the Mass with other priests in the 10th-floor papal apartment in the Gemelli hospital. No one else is visible in the photo and it is the ...