Amid security worries, millions of pilgrims are expected to descend on Rome for a Jubilee Year of major Catholic celebrations ...

He made the remarks a day after the start of the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, which takes place ...

Pope Francis will mark Christmas Eve on Tuesday with a special ceremony launching Jubilee 2025, a year of Catholic ...

Opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve, Pope Francis inaugurates a jubilee year expected to draw 32 ...

while pilgrims faced metal detectors and other security checks to access St. Peter's Square via a reinforced police barricade ...

Against this dazzling backdrop, the first pilgrims for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, which begins on Christmas Eve, ...

Pope Francis prayed that the Jubilee Year may become “a season of hope” and reconciliation in a world at war and suffering ...

The pope inaugurated the Catholic Church's historic 2025 Jubilee of "Hope" at the Vatican on Christmas Eve in traditional ...

Jubilee pilgrims spending the Christmas season ... the Spanish Steps, and St. Peter’s Square. A Christmas tree is seen in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024.

Pope Francis then presided over the Christmas Eve mass in St Peter ... a 52-year-old French tourist visiting St Peter's Square earlier. The Jubilee, whose motto this year is "Pilgrims of Hope ...