Pope Francis, marking the Holy Year of the Catholic Church on Thursday, opened the symbolic Holy Door at a prison in Rome, ...
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special ...
More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...
On the feast of the Holy Family, Cardinal Baldassare Reina opened the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, the third such ceremony since Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee Year of ...
The distinctive dong of an ancient bell accompanied the opening of the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on Jan.
As had already happened during the Immaculate Conception rite in Piazza di Spagna on December 8th, when two animal rights ...
"Let us offer our prayer to the Father so that, like Mary, we may be pilgrims of hope who bring Christ into the world." ...
On Tuesday the Vatican announced that after just two weeks since Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee of Hope on Christmas ...
Over half a million people have already passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica since Pope Francis opened it on ...
Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...
Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.