Pilgrims lined up early Wednesday to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica, as Christmas marked the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration that is expected to ...

In fact, the only other Holy Door that Francis will personally open this year is located at the chapel of Rome’s Rebibbia prison, to draw attention to the need to give prisoners in particular ...

ROME — Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the ...

In the coming days, other Holy Doors are also being opened in Rome. Pilgrims cross the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Dec. 25, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News ...

For the first time in its history, the Catholic Church will celebrate a Jubilee event within a Holy Year specifically ...

Young people will never experience this in their lives again. I’m sure of it. In practice, it will be like a World Youth Day, ...

Pope Leo XIV is heading to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation. He's giving the hilltop town of Castel ...

A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here's what you need to know Pope Francis pushes open the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, formally launching the Holy Year of Mercy, at the Vatican ...

In fact, the only other Holy Door that Francis will personally open this year is located at the chapel of Rome’s Rebibbia prison, to draw attention to the need to give prisoners in particular ...