Before this significant moment, on Tuesday, December 24, shortly after 7 p.m., Pope Francis paused in stillness. A cantor chanted in Latin, “This is the Lord’s own gate,” with the choir ...

This week on Dezeen, we kicked off our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings editorial series by naming some of ...

Years 25 Buildings series, we spotlight architect Diébédo Francis Kéré's Gando Primary School in Burkina Faso – the "perfect ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis in January, likely the president's final international trip just days before he leaves the Oval Office, the White House announced on ...

A late arrival in 2025 will be The Benin National Parliament by the studio of Diébédo Francis Kéré, which also featured on our list of buildings to look forward to in 2024. The government ...

(RNS) — A group representing the leaders of the United States’ largest Jewish organizations has written a letter to Pope Francis criticizing his recent condemnation of Israeli airstrikes that ...

The original video can be viewed here. Francis is the first pope from the Americas, the first of his name, and more than any other pope in recent memory, has dedicated his life and ministry to the ...

Pope Francis kicked off the event while opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Tuesday. The sacred event for the Catholic Church is typically held every 25 years for ...

Pope Francis has opened a "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year at a prison, marking the first one opened at such an institution since the Jubilee tradition began in 1300. He celebrated the ...

Pope Francis called for peace around the world and for global conflicts to end in his annual “Urbi et Orbi” Christmas message to the faithful. Speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter ...

In his "Urbit et Orbi" (to the City and the world) Christmas address, Pope Francis called for a global effort to "silence the sound of arms and overcome divisions," urging reconciliation and peace ...