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Passersby peer into the John Paul II Chapel at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where a daily Holy Hour is among several prayer initiatives in...

Hundreds of people gathered to pray the rosary for Pope Francis’ health and recovery on Feb. 25, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the...

A statue of St. John Paul II is seen in front of the entrance to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 22, 2025, where Pope Francis continues...

Get-well cards from schoolchildren to Pope Francis are seen at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 | (Photo: ACI Stampa) By Daniel...

A candlelight Stations of the Cross in St. Peter’s Square on Good Friday 2021. (Photo: Vatican Media) By AC Wimmer/CNA The Vatican...

A makeshift shrine with devotional candles, flowers, and images of Pope Francis appears outside Rome's Gemelli hospital on Feb. 22, 2025...

Pope Francis prays during his general audience on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media...

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 5, 2016. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA By Kristina Millare/CNA As Pope...

Left: Banners at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital. Right: Pope Francis waves from a wheelchair, Feb. 13, 2025. | Credit: Daniel...

Left: Banners at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital. Right: Pope Francis waves from a wheelchair, Feb. 13, 2025. | Credit: Daniel...

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican...

(Photo: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News) Pope Francis issued a letter to the bishops of the United States Feb. 11 decrying mass deportations and...

Pope Francis greets pilgrims from his wheelchair during the Saturday jubilee audience in the Vatican’s audience hall on Jan. 11, 2025....

The Vatican has detailed how to obtain plenary indulgences — removing temporal punishment for sin through Christ’s merits — during the...

Pope Francis baptizes a baby at the feast of the Baptism of the Lord at the Sistine Chapel, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. | (Photo: Vatican...

Pope Francis greets pilgrims from his wheelchair during the Saturday Jubilee audience in the Vatican's audience hall, Jan. 11, 2025....

Gondolas along St Marks Square in Venice. (Photo: Courtesy photo / Teresa Tomeo) By Teresa Tomeo/National Catholic Register The Jubilee...

EDITORIAL: Whether you travel to Rome or participate locally during the special celebration, God’s grace still flows to the faithful...

(Photo: Lightstock) Various cultures — English, Turkish, Chinese — claim to have invented the maxim, “The fish rots from the head down”...

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski next to Pope John Paul II in October 1980. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 3.0 PL) By Father Raymond J. de...