At the start of Christmas Eve Mass, Francis will push open the Holy Door on St. Peter’s Basilica, which will stay open throughout the year to allow the estimated 32 million pilgrims projected to ...

The pope’s wheelchair came to a stop before the small Holy Door, typically sealed, in the grand St. Peter’s Basilica. According to tradition and a ritual largely unchanged since the 1500s ...

Christmas Eve Mass at St Peter's Basilica and the Pope's Urbi ... Mass throughout Europe from the Vatican basilica, in 1954. In 1969 it was made available in Chile and Argentina. Five years later, the ...

Ras Al Khaimah welcomed 2025 with a captivating drone and fireworks display, setting two new Guinness World Records titles ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands of revelers counting down to the new year and cheering at colorful fireworks launched from ...

A view of St. Peter's basilica during the preview to the media of the exhibition 'Petros eni', which is part of the project "St. Peter's Basilica: AI-Enhanced Experience" on Nov. 9 at the Vatican.

Nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester allege that cost-saving measures are causing pervasive lapses in care, including two patients dying after failing to receive potentially life-saving ...

A top view of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the focal point of the ongoing 2025 Jubilee of Hope, which began on Christmas Eve. The Holy Year invites millions to undertake pilgrimages ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the quiet of Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, launching what he called a "Jubilee of Hope." As the doors opened, the bells of the ...

The spot where the Basilica of Our Lady now stands was the ... main square between the statue of Minckelers and the Church of St. Matthew. As well as vintage fashion and antique furniture, you ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of Saint Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve, marking the beginning of the Jubilee for 2025. This significant event will be mirrored locally in ...