Pope Francis will mark Christmas Eve on Tuesday with a special ceremony launching Jubilee 2025, a year of Catholic ...

Pope Francis will kick off the 2025 Jubilee of the Catholic Church at 19:00 Italian time on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, by ...

Pope Francis will formally inaugurate the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, December 24, reviving an ancient Church tradition that ...

The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like a Jubilee, as the Vatican and Rome rush to put the final touches on preparations before ...

Last night, December 2, in St. Peter's Basilica, the ceremonial 'recognitio' was completed, during which it is verified that the Holy Door closed in the last Jubilee is intact and sealed ...

Pope Francis will open five Holy Doors in a long-standing catholic tradition and will introduce a never-before-seen ritual.

2, the rite of “recognitio” (Latin for “verification”) took place in St. Peter’s Basilica. This is a traditional ceremony to verify and ascertain that the Holy Door, closed during the ...

Pope Francis is suffering from a cold and will give the Sunday blessing ahead of a busy week that includes Christmas Eve and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican and Microsoft on Monday unveiled a digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica that uses ... to pass through the basilica’s Holy Door, on top of the 50,000 who ...