Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Francis holds weekly general audience, at the Vatican VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis started the countdown on Thursday ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis started the countdown on Thursday to the 2025 Holy Year, or Jubilee, which is one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important events and is expected to draw tens of ...

ROME(Reuters) - Roman Catholics start celebrating an extraordinary Holy Year on Dec. 8. Pope Francis has chosen the theme of mercy for one of the Church's most important events. But what exactly is a ...