On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis knocked on the door and was the first to enter through it, inaugurating the 2025 Jubilee that he dedicated to hope. Traversing the Holy Door is one way that the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...