By Devin Watkins As the Church marks the Jubilee of the Holy See, Pope Leo XIV spent Monday morning with employees and ...

What makes the Holy Door so important? Usually sealed shut except during Jubilee Years, the Holy Door stands at the northern end of St. Peter's Basilica. More than just a doorway, it symbolizes a ...

Even in death, Pope Francis remained a trailblazer — becoming the only pontiff to open, but not close, the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in what has become a fateful symbol of his papal ...

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica to mark the start of the Catholic Jubilee Year, at the Vatican, Dec. 24, 2024. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP.) Listen ROME ...

ARCHIVE photo of Pope John Paul II opening the Holy Door in 1983. Pope Francis on December 24 inaugurated the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make ...

Pope Francis opens a Holy Door, one of only five that will be open during the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, at Rebibbia prison, in Rome, Italy, December 26, 2024. Vatican Media/Simone Risoluti Handout ...

ROME – Pope Francis made a visit on Dec 26 to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special “Holy Door” for the 2025 Roman Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was ...

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special “Holy Door” for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the first ...

ROME — Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the first such ...

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the first such ...

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 ...

Pope Francis has opened a "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year at a prison, marking the first one opened at such an institution since the Jubilee tradition began in 1300. He celebrated the ...