Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an ...

Speaking to the thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City for his Christmas blessing and ... known as a Jubilee, which takes place every quarter century. On Tuesday evening ...

More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...

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

He was due to deliver his traditional Christmas Day blessing ... a 52-year-old French tourist visiting St Peter’s Square earlier. The Jubilee, whose motto this year is “Pilgrims of Hope ...

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

The 88-year-old pontiff, his voice weak and using a wheelchair, formally launched the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee year at St ... the same over the next year. On Christmas Day, Francis renewed ...

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 ...

Ahead of a busy week, Francis missed his usual Angelus prayer in St Peter's Square ... the Jubilee celebrations, with measures further tightened following Friday's car-ramming attack on a ...