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 ...

More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after Pope Francis opened it.

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 ...

On Tuesday the Vatican announced that after just two weeks since Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee of Hope on Christmas ...

Pope Francis launches a Jubilee of Hope with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, symbolizing reconciliation ...

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

Cardinal James Harvey, a native of Milwaukee, opened the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday. American Cardinal James Harvey opened the Holy Door at the Basilica of ...

Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...

The Pope marked the start of the jubilee by opening the usually bricked-up Holy Door at St Peter's Basilica. The Holy Door is deemed 'Holy' since it calls all those who enter through it to walk in ...

Pope Francis opened the first of five Holy Doors, signifying spiritual portals, on Christmas Eve as part of ancient rituals that launched the Roman Catholic Church’s holy year. In a jubilee ...

Pilgrims cross the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican ... and St. Paul Outside the Walls on Jan. 5, 2025. The Jubilee of Hope, which celebrates the 2,025th anniversary of the ...