A pilgrim touches the Holy Door as they enter St. Peter’s Basilica on March 6, 2025. Getty Images. Only Urban VI has been buried with the Holy Doors open, as he fell too ill to attend the ...

How Pope Francis changed the rules for papal burial 02:20. Vatican City — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica that ...

The Archdiocese of Montreal’s youth office is providing a local alternative for the Jubilee Year by creating a map of pilgrimage for the city of Montreal.

The hours spent on line up the stately via della Conciliazione through St. Peter’s Square and through the Holy Door into the basilica has allowed mourners to find community around the Argentine ...

Catholic cardinals on Wednesday performed the ritual ceremony to transfer Pope Francis’ body from his home in the Vatican hotel to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public viewing.

Michelangelo’s Pietà is located at St. Peter’s Basilica (which didn’t save it from abuse). The Holy Door is opened only in holy years. The top of the colonnade in St. Peter’s Square ...

Pontifical Swiss guards stand outside the St. Peter’s Basilica, in St. Peter’s Square, where the body of Pope Francis will lie in state at for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23 ...

The public has now been given access to Pope Francis's casket as he lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica for three days of mourning ahead of his funeral on Saturday, April 26.. The pope died aged ...

Roman Catholic cardinals attended a public mass in St. Peter's Basilica just a few hours before the start of the conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presided over the ...

Pallbearers, next to Swiss Guards, carry the coffin of the late Pope Francis as it is transported from the Chapel of Santa Marta to St Peter's Basilica, on April 23, 2025 [Alberto Pizzoli/AFP] ...

People line up as they enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025.

The hours spent in line up the stately via della Conciliazione through St. Peter's Square and through the Holy Door into the basilica has allowed mourners to find community around the Argentine ...