Priests and faithful gather in Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran during the Holy Door opening ceremony on Dec. 29, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Looking ahead: Jubilee of Hope ...

Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, officially launching the Jubilee Year 2025.

The next Jubilee Year returns in 2025, officially starting on Dec. 24, 2024, and running until Jan. 6, 2025. Pope Francis began the tradition by opening the Holy Door of Saint Peter's Basilica.

Pope Francis opens a Holy Door and all we heard was a kid screaming. Zae wastes no time in setting the scene for a ceremony that dates back to 1423 when Pope Martin V opened a Holy Door to enter ...

By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Jan 7, 2025 / 11:00 am More than half a million people have passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, two weeks after its Christmas Eve opening.

Marking the Holy Year of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis opened a Holy Door at a prison in Rome on Thursday, offering a message of hope and forgiveness to inmates. "Do not lose hope, that is the ...

Faithful walk through the Holy Door of St.Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, after it was opened by Pope Francis on Christmas Eve, marking the start of the Catholic 2025 ...

Pope Francis is seen opening a Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica to welcome the jubilee of 2016. Getty Images After that Christmas Eve ritual, Pope Francis will open a symbolic door inside the ...

While Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica and another at a Rome prison complex, he did not attend the opening of the holy doors at the other three papal basilicas in Rome: St ...

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Dec 24, 2024 / 14:10 pm Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, officially launching the Jubilee Year 2025.