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

The Pope delivered his Christmas Day message overlooking crowds of thousands of international pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.

Pope Francis’ Christmas message was a plea for reconciliation ... start of the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, which takes place every quarter century.

“This is a once-in-every-25-years thing to do ... Holy Father in this time and remembering others.” Jubilee pilgrims spending the Christmas season in Rome will also get to enjoy the Italian ...

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

Pope Francis on Tuesday opened the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, marking the official beginning of the ...

Pope Francis was then set to preside over the Christmas Eve mass in ... Organised by the Church every 25 years, the Jubilee is intended as a period of reflection ...

On Christmas Day, Francis renewed calls ... and speeches. The Vatican’s Jubilee, which is held every 25 or 50 years dating back to Pope Boniface VIII in 1300, was created to foster “the ...

He was due to deliver his traditional Christmas Day blessing ... Organized by the Church every 25 years, the Jubilee is intended as a period of reflection and penance, and is marked by a long ...