Pope Francis on Sunday spoke about Jesus ... Speaking to thousands of people gathered in the sunny Vatican square on Nov. 3, Francis commented on the day’s Gospel passage, which recounts ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Vatican revealed its new mascot for Holy Year 2025, Luce, inspired by pop culture, specifically anime. The Pro-prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization ...

ROME — A massive hacking scandal that has engulfed Italy is now threatening to spill beyond its borders, sucking in Israel, the Vatican, the United Kingdom and Lithuania. New claims have been made via ...

The Vatican has debuted a new anime-style mascot for children ahead of its Jubilee 2025 celebrations. Wide-eyed Luce, whose name is the Latin word for “light,” wears a yellow hooded raincoat ...

The Vatican has unveiled a new mascot for the Catholic Church in the hope of engaging young people - a cartoon character named Luce. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the Vatican's chief organiser for ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Vatican has unveiled its first-ever mascot ... It typically takes place once every quarter-century, though the Pope can call for extraordinary jubilee years more ...

One reason for his punishment was his refusal to submit to the Pope’s authority. Such is the disruption under Francis that a new book by a veteran Canadian Vatican watcher ponders whether the ...

The Vatican has the power of anime and God on its side, as it has unveiled Luce, its tokidoki designed mascot for the Holy Year 2025. According to Archbishop Fisichella, this is the Church’s ...

Ana Diaz (she/her) is a culture writer at Polygon, covering internet culture, fandom, and video games. Her work has previously appeared at NPR, Wired, and The Verge. Luce was designed by Simone ...

He also thanked Pope Francis for “caring for survivors” and being invested in tackling the problem. On the lack of transparency in the Vatican’s handling of abuse, Cruz said that “not givi ...

The Vatican has unveiled the official mascot of ... This upcoming Holy Year’s theme is “Pilgrims of Hope,” hence Luce’s design. Pope Francis invites Catholics to renew their hope and ...

Do the 235 Roman Catholic cardinals really get sequestered like juries until they choose a pope? Yes. As shown in "Conclave," once a Vatican official faces the assembled cardinals and says the ...