After opening the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Pope Francis December 26 inaugurated the second Holy Door of the ...

Over 35 million pilgrims are expected to visit Rome in 2025 seeking forgiveness of sins and a chance to see the pope.

Immaculate Atieno is seen in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Credit: Photo ... Italy’s traditional Christmas witch. A truck delivers Christmas presents and plants in Rome, Italy, Tuesday ...

Against this dazzling backdrop, the first pilgrims for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, which begins on Christmas Eve, ...

The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who ...

Pope Francis on Christmas Eve formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the ...

The last regular Jubilee was in 2000, when St. John Paul II ushered in the church ... open this year is located at the chapel of Rome’s Rebibbia prison, to draw attention to the need to ...

The city of Rome is preparing for the Holy Year with hundreds of roadworks and restoration projects. (CNS photo ... 29, St. Mary Major on Jan. 1, and St. Paul’s Outside the Walls on Jan. 5. A Holy ...

(CNS photo/Lola Gomez) VATICAN CITY (CNS ... Then, on the other side of St. Peter’s Basilica, in the Paul VI Audience Hall, the Vatican hosted the fifth edition of its “Concert for the Poor.” More ...

Pope Francis is bringing his Holy Year to Rome’s main prison. Francis traveled to Rebibbia prison on a frigid morning.

Pope Francis arrives at the Rebibbia Prison where ... Door with inmates in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica to ...