Over half a million people have already passed through the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica since Pope Francis opened it on Christmas Eve to kick off the Catholic Church's Jubilee 2025, the Vatican ...

Pope Francis is celebrating the Vatican's traditional Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a newly restored St. Peter's Basilica ... Other areas of Rome, such as the Colosseum and the Trevi Fountain ...

Jubilee volunteers have become a mainstay along the boulevard leading up to St. Peter's Square since the start of the Holy Year.

Msgr. Robert Romano has traveled to Rome many times, but his trip there next month will be unlike any other. The pastor of ...

Rome is preparing to welcome more than 30 ... Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and president of the Fabric of St. Peter, noted that this “attention [to needs ...

Opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve, Pope Francis inaugurates a jubilee year expected to draw 32 million visitors to Rome.

Pope Francis has opened the great Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is ...

All roads really do lead to Rome. So many cultures, countries and customs stem from the influential history of this city. And ...

ROME — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy ... reenacting the gesture he performed at the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica two nights earlier on Christmas Eve. The opening of the Holy Door ...

The ceremony on Sunday marked the third Holy Door opened in Rome for the 2025 Jubilee Year, following the openings at St. Peter’s Basilica and Rebibbia prison. Cardinal Baldassare Reina waves at ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, center, backdropped by St.Peter's Basilica, delivers her speech in Rome, Italy, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 during the opening ceremony of a new pedestrian area in the ...

From his wheelchair, Francis knocked a few times and the great Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica swung open. He was wheeled across the threshold as bells tolled across Rome and the choir inside ...