Pope Francis has long made prison ministry an important part of his priestly vocation and has visited Rebibbia often since ...

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.

Pope Francis returned to Rebibbia Prison ... in ancient times. This morning, in good physical shape, he even managed to take several steps on his own, enough to pass through the bronze door ...

He will also open a door in the Rebibbia prison in Rome ... when Pope Boniface VIII decided to evoke the ancient rite in ...

Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to ...

"The event also recovers the ancient tradition of the biblical ... even planning to open a second Holy Door at Rome’s Rebibbia prison as part of a message of redemption and hope.

While the city has no shortage of ancient treasures to explore ... Francis will become the first pope to open a holy door in a prison when he travels to Rome’s Rebibbia detention facility.

Credit: AP/Andrew Medichini 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 ...

The Jubilee begins with a symbolic moment: the Pope opening the Holy Door, which this year took place on Christmas Eve. The tradition, dating back to the 15th century, sees the Pope open the Holy ...