Verdict: Misleading The “ritual” or the opening of the Holy Doors has been done since 1300 A.D. The Holy Door being opened at a Roman prison, though, has not been done before.

While the Holy Doors will be closed on Dec. 28, 2025, the Jubilee year will officially end on Jan. 6, 2026, when Catholics celebrate the feast of the epiphany.

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 26 - Pope Francis opened a Holy Door at Rome's Rebibbia prison for the Catholic Church's Jubilee 2025 on Thursday, Saint Stephen's Day. It was a historic move as it is the first ...

VATICAN CITY— Pope Francis pushed open the great bronze doors of St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday to launch his Holy Year of Mercy, declaring that mercy trumps moralizing in his ...

Two more Holy Doors are scheduled to be opened in the coming days: the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on Jan. 5 and the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Jan. 1. Reminder from Pope Francis.

Pope Francis will open five jubilee Holy Doors in the Christmas season between Dec. 24 and Jan. 6. And 38-year-old Immaculate Atieno, a jubilee pilgrim from Nairobi, Kenya, ...

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 ...

"Last year was a terrible Easter, without people, closed doors. This year is much better, the door is open, we don't have a lot of people but we feel more hopeful that things will become better." ...

More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after Pope Francis opened it. From Dec. 24, when the pope inaugurated the ...

To signal the start of the observance of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, “Holy Doors” were ceremoniously opened in dioceses around the country. In Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle pushed open the Holy ...

Verdict: Misleading. The “ritual” or the opening of the Holy Doors has been done since 1300 A.D. The Holy Door being opened at a Roman prison, though, has not been done before.