Pilgrims lined up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration.

Christmas message, Pope Francis urged the world to “silence the sound of arms" and find reconciliation, “even (with) our enemies."

Pope Francis knocked on the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica and was the first to walk through it, inaugurating the 2025 Jubilee that he dedicated to