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 Catholic Church’s celebration should attract millions of extra visitors to the Eternal City and beyond. Here’s how to ...

This Jubilee, dedicated to the theme of hope, will run through January 6, 2026. Holy Years normally occur every 25 years, and usually involve the opening in Rome of four special Holy Doors ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient ... at any of the four papal basilicas in Rome or the Holy Land, or other sacred Jubilee sites “so as to ...

On Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, the Jubilee Year 2025 officially began after the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica by Pope Francis, moments before the celebration of the traditional ...

Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.

With this, the opening of all five holy doors in Rome for the Roman Catholic Church’s ‘Jubilee of Hope’ is now complete. The ceremony is historic because the basilica was bu ...

The opening of the door will commence the Jubilee celebrations in the various dioceses around the world that are preparing to live the Holy Year in communion with the Church of Rome.

Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient ... at any of the four papal basilicas in Rome or the Holy Land, or other sacred Jubilee sites "so as to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving ... four papal basilicas in Rome or the Holy Land, or other sacred Jubilee sites “so as to ...

FILE - Pope Francis pushes open the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, formally launching the Holy Year of Mercy ... basilicas in Rome or the Holy Land, or other sacred Jubilee sites “so ...

who are in charge of organising the Jubilee, expect roughly 30 to 32 million pilgrims to pass through Rome during the Holy Year, which will end on 6 January 2026. Of course, with so many people ...