"Let us offer our prayer to the Father so that, like Mary, we may be pilgrims of hope who bring Christ into the world." ...

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Pope Francis’ vicar for the Diocese of Rome, described the event as “a gesture that renews our ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy ... From his wheelchair, Francis knocked a few times and the great ...

Cardinal Baldassare Reina enters the opened Holy Door at the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Credit: Evandro Inetti/EWTN/Vatican Pool In his homily, the cardinal emphasized the symbolism of the Holy ...

At the Vatican Basilica, the opening of the Holy Door was first documented on Christmas of 1499, when Pope Alexander VI ordered the Holy Door to be opened not only at St. John Lateran but also at ...

VATICAN CITY (AP ... From his wheelchair, Francis knocked a few times and the great Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica swung open. He was wheeled across the threshold as bells tolled across ...