Pilgrims who visit Rome during the Jubilee, a holy year celebrated every 25 years, will have the opportunity to receive a plenary indulgence by passing through the doors.

The holy door at Saint Paul's Outside the Walls was opened on Sunday by the Rome basilica's archpriest, Cardinal James Michael Harvey. It is the fifth and final holy door to be opened in the Italian ...

The Jubilee ceremony begins with Pope Francis opening the Holy Door at St Peter's Basilica. The ceremony includes prayers in ...

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message has urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year ...

From inside the walls of Rome’s largest prison ... intimate Mass led by Pope Francis to mark a historic moment — the first opening of a jubilee Holy Door within a prison. The pope’s Thursday Mass in ...

December 24, 2024, with the opening of the first Holy Door, Pope Francis will inaugurate the Jubilee: a year of great ...

The faithful from different parts of the world and from different walks of life have already passed through the open Holy ...

Between Jubilees, the key to the lock is kept inside the wall that seals the door from the inside. The practice of sealing the Holy Door with masonry is an ancient tradition, where, until a few ...

Faithful walk through the Holy Door of St.Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, after it was opened by Pope Francis on Christmas Eve, marking the start of the Catholic 2025 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pilgrims lined up early Wednesday to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica, as Christmas marked the start of the 2025 Holy Year ...