Starting on Dec. 24, the pontiff will open a series of five Holy Doors throughout the Vatican, including St. Peter’s Basilica, plus Rome’s three other basilicas to commence next year’s ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis will open the first Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the Jubilee year. This important anniversary, celebrated every 25 years ...

Pilgrims arriving in Lourdes these days have noticed a team of workers busily covering the gigantic mosaics on the doors and side aisles of Europe's most famous Marian sanctuary with ...

The King and Queen's state visit to Italy will coincide with the jubilee year, an event in the Catholic calendar that is ...

"Their Majesties King Charles and Queen Camilla this afternoon had a private meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis at the ...

Pope Francis has made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and medical ...

(Image: Faithful carry a wooden cross on Via della Conciliazione in Rome during the pilgrimage route to the Holy Door of St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican, as part of the Catholic Jubilee Year, on ...