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 ...

By the end of this tour, you’ll walk away with a deep understanding of St. Peter’s Basilica, not only as a religious site but as a living testament of the connection between art and power. The Rome ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the ...

This is a very significant beginning,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the chief Vatican organizer of the Jubilee Year, said in a ...

Cancel anytime. VATICAN CITY — The Vatican and Microsoft have unveiled a digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica that uses artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most ...

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 ...

During his visit, Francis left his wheelchair, knocked on the door of the chapel and stepped across the threshold, duplicating a gesture he performed at the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica on ...

Pilgrims from around the world are passing through the open Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, which Pope Francis opened on Christmas Eve to begin the 2025 Jubilee. The pilgrimage to the Holy ...

Peter Phillips made a cheerful appearance on the walkabout to church with the royals on Christmas Day. The businessman, 47, was joined by his daughters, Savannah, who turns 14 on 29 December, and ...

to become pilgrims of hope, to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions," the pontiff said, speaking from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to a crowd of thousands of people in the ...

(photo: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News / EWTN) Walter Sánchez Silva/ACI Prensa Vatican December 26, 2024 Pilgrims from around the world are passing through the open Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica ...

to become pilgrims of hope, to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions,'' the pope said from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica to throngs of people below. The pope invoked the Holy ...