On his wheelchair, Pope Francis began the celebration of Christmas by opening the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, kicking off the 2025 Holy Year. “The steps we now take are the steps ...

The ceremony inaugurates the once-every-25-year tradition of a Jubilee. Francis has dedicated the 2025 Jubilee to the theme ...

Pope Francis will celebrate the Vatican's traditional Christmas Eve midnight mass in a newly restored St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of ...

In the quiet of Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, launching what he called a "Jubilee ...

Pope Francis said the story of Jesus' birth as a poor carpenter's son should instil hope that all people can make an impact ...

Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to ...

Pope Francis is seen opening a Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica to welcome the jubilee of 2016. Getty Images After that Christmas Eve ritual, Pope Francis will open a symbolic door inside the ...

With the city of Rome presenting a gauntlet of major roadworks and construction projects ahead of the opening of the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis used the disruptions as an opportunity to encourage ...

Pope Francis received a fully electric Mercedes ... with zero-emissions aboard the new Mercedez-Benz in time for the 2025 Jubilee, an event that only occurs every 25 years and for which millions ...

On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis will open the Holy Door of St. Peter’s to Jubilee 2025, with its theme “Pilgrims of Hope.” Two days later, he will visit Rebibbia, a prison on the outskirts of ...