American Cardinal James Harvey opened the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on Jan. 5, 2025, completing the opening of all five Holy Doors in Rome for the Catholic Church’s ...

Pilgrims who visit Rome during the jubilee, a holy year celebrated every 25 years, will have the opportunity to receive a plenary indulgence by passing through the doors.

Trump’s term begins. By Elizabeth Dias Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, bishop of San Diego, to be ...

Cardinal Gregory was also the first African American elected as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, serving ...

As our own cultural moment in the United States has included some prominent conversions to Catholicism, what might we learn ...

Robert McElroy, 70, is expected to be named to the high-profile Roman Catholic post in the nation's capital, according to the ...

McElroy, known for a pastoral approach to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, will lead an archdiocese still bruised by a ...

While some Jewish leaders condemned the pope’s recent remarks on Israel, others believe that Catholic-Jewish relations can ...

Signs of the times. John F. Kennedy and Joe Biden, both Catholic U.S. Presidents, marked distinct eras in American Catholicism, revealing deep cultural and political divides as the church grapples ...

Cardinal Gregory was elevated by Pope Francis to the College of Cardinals in a Nov. 28, 2020 Consistory in Rome, making him the first African American cardinal in the Catholic Church. Cardinal Gregory ...