opened the symbolic Holy Door at a prison in Rome, offering a message of hope and forgiveness to inmates. The 88-year-old Catholic pontiff told the prisoners during the ceremony not to lose hope.

Every 25 years, believers from around the world flock to the city to step through one of its four holy doors and have their sins forgiven. But it seems that Rome itself is hoping for some ...

More crowds than usual are expected this year in the Eternal City. We explain what the Jubilee is, how to navigate the crowds, and what to see and do while there. Pope Francis opened Saint Peter's ...

In anticipation of the Jubilee and the expected increase in visitors – up to 35 million, a major rise from the 7-10 million who visit every year – Rome has ... the Holy Doors of one of the ...

and bishops who plan to pass through the jubilee Holy Doors and visit the tombs of apostles and martyrs in Rome over the next few days. In his message, the Holy Father encouraged participants to c ...

Patients, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, healthcare personnel, and technicians from 90 countries will ...

Marking the event, the pope opened the second Holy Door at the Rebibbia Prison Complex in Rome, the largest penitentiary in Italy and capable of housing over 2,000 inmates. Already breathing ...

“Your pilgrimage is a concrete sign of the desire to renew faith, to strengthen the bond with the successor of Peter, and to bear witness joyfully to the hope that does not disappoint (cf. Romans 5:5) ...