On Tuesday the Vatican announced that after just two weeks since Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee of Hope on Christmas ...

This is a very significant beginning,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the chief Vatican organizer of the Jubilee Year, said in a ...

Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the ...

Over half a million people have already passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica since Pope Francis opened it on ...

Cardinal James Harvey, a native of Milwaukee, opened the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday.

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Pope Francis’ vicar for the Diocese of Rome, described the event as “a gesture that renews our ...

Pope Francis, the first “pilgrim of hope” to cross the Holy Door’s threshold, inaugurated the 2025 Jubilee Year by opening... Read more Pilgrims who visit Rome during the jubilee, a holy year ...

Pope Francis kicked off the Jubilee this week, marking the start of the Holy Year in Italy as 32 million pilgrims are expected to travel to Rome this year.

Pope Francis opened the first of five Holy Doors, signifying spiritual portals, on Christmas Eve as part of ancient rituals that launched the Roman Catholic Church’s holy year ...

Pilgrims lined up early on 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 ...

Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican to widely-anticipated 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, announced official Vatican News agency on Tuesday night. The Jubilee ...