When the improvised weapons that (apocryphally) spurred the gay-liberation movement were discarded during a renovation, Kurt ...

Pope Francis launches a Jubilee of Hope with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, symbolizing reconciliation ...

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

First Holy Door opened in prison since 1,300: Pope Francis opens Holy Door at Rebibbia prison. (photo credit: Giuliano Del Gatto. Via Shutterstock) Pope Francis made history on December 26 ...

On the feast of the Holy Family, Cardinal Baldassare Reina opened the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, the third such ceremony since Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee Year of ...

the pope proceeded to the Holy Door, striking it while singing verses like “Open to me the gates of righteousness.” At the third strike, the brick wall sealing the door crumbled, and the ...

Pope Francis marked a historic moment by visiting Rebibbia, one of Italy’s largest prisons, to open a “Holy Door” for the Catholic Church’s 2025 jubilee. This event is significant as it ...

Pope Francis, wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, knocked on the church's door in Rome's Rebibbia prison complex and walked over its threshold. After a ...

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 ...

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 ...