As the pope stood silent and reflective, the congregation, including Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Rome’s Mayor Roberto ... call of St. John Paul II during the 2000 Jubilee.

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Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of welcome and integration in their communities and reject discrimination.

Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.

Other Holy Doors in Rome's three major basilicas and in ... Faithful gather in front of the basilica at St Peter's square during the Christmas Eve mass launching Jubilee 2025.

As Christianity became the official religion of Rome toward the end of the fourth ... ways social roles were turned on their heads during the Christmas season. The Abbot of Unreason, a peasant ...

Rome has it all. In this article, a guide to 15 exhibitions to visit during the Christmas vacations. Ready to immerse yourself in the capital’s art? 1. Guercino and the Ludovisi era. Where and when: ...

a church tradition dating to 1300 that nowadays occurs every 25 years and involves the faithful coming to Rome on pilgrimages. “The first Holy Door I opened at Christmas in St. Peter’s.

Pope Francis urged inmates to never give up hope as he inaugurated the Vatican’s Jubilee Year at the high-security Rebibbia prison on the outskirts of Rome on ... to be opened during the Holy ...

which will be opened by Pope Francis during Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s on Tuesday and will run until Jan. 6, 2026. The first Holy Year was proclaimed in 1300 as an opportunity for pilgrims ...

He celebrated the Jubilee at Rome's main prison on Thursday ... at the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica two nights earlier on Christmas Eve. The opening of the Holy Door at the basilica ...