Pope Francis goes through the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 24, 2024. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/AP.) Listen In a Sunday television interview, Pope Francis emphasized ...

Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prays will be undertaken ...

Pope Francis has officially opened the Jubilee of Hope, which will see millions of pilgrims and tourist visiting the capital ...

Francis also urged the seminarians to be "sustained" by Jesus on the path of life, a journey which led them to Rome to cross the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, and "to feel ...

Pope Francis suffered a fall in his apartment on Thursday, his second in just more than a month’s time, the Vatican said.

Among the traditional religious activities that can earn one an indulgence — such as pilgrimage to holy sites, acts of ...

Pope Francis opening a Holy Door at Rebibbia Penitentiary on Saint Stephen day in Rome as part of the Catholic Jubilee Year Photograph by VATICAN MEDIA / Catholic Press Photo / MAXPPP Is Pope ...

As described on the website launched by the Vatican for Jubilee 2025 ... formally begins on December 24 with the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica. Further reading: Jubilee ...

Francis also announced that Sister Raffaella Petrini will become the first female president of the Vatican City State ... that pilgrimages to Rome’s Holy Door must be undertaken with genuine ...

The clerics are deeply invested in what happens there, partly because of their financial investment (they supply land for key campuses), partly because the Vatican will rap on their door if ...

A holy year is an opportunity to start fresh with one's relationship with God and with other people, Pope Francis told thousands of pilgrims. The Holy Year 2025 theme, ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During the Holy Year 2025 ... a journey which led them to Rome to cross the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, and “to feel the presence of the one who is our ...