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

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

he did not attend the opening of the holy doors at the other three papal basilicas in Rome: St. Mary Major, St. John Lateran and St. Paul Outside the Walls. The first major event of the Holy Year is ...

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 ...

American Cardinal James Harvey opened the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, completing the opening of all five Holy Doors in Rome for the Catholic Church’s ...

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 ...

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 inner wall sealing the Holy Door was recently dismantled, and the metal box containing the key to open the door was retrieved. The pope symbolically pushes the door open, while the traditional ...

the first step towards the Jubilee was the recognition of the Holy Door. Between Jubilees, the key to the lock is kept inside the wall that seals the door from the inside. The practice of sealing the ...

St. Peter's Basilica, located in the famous square of Vatican City, hosts one of the most well-known Holy Doors, and it is traditionally the first to be opened. The wall surrounding the door is ...