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 ...

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 ...

Opening the Holy Door at St. Mary Major, Cardinal Rolando Makrickas prayed that the world would entrust itself to Mary, "the ...

"Let us offer our prayer to the Father so that, like Mary, we may be pilgrims of hope who bring Christ into the world." ...

The distinctive dong of an ancient bell accompanied the opening of the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on Jan.