All roads really do lead to Rome. So many cultures, countries and customs stem from the influential history of this city. And ...

Pope Francis is celebrating the Vatican's traditional Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a newly restored St. Peter's Basilica. The restoration is part of preparations for the 2025 Jubilee Year ...

Chris Livesay visited St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to see the newly restored historical features. These features are now fully visible for the first time in generations as part of major ...

Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...

This is a very significant beginning,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the chief Vatican organizer of the Jubilee Year, said in a ...

Jubilee Year 2025, themed “Pilgrims of Hope,” began Dec. 24, 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, and will conclude Jan. 6, 2026. This year of grace offers the Catholic ...

Pilgrims from around the world are passing through the open Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, which Pope Francis opened on Christmas Eve to begin the 2025 Jubilee. The pilgrimage to the Holy ...

Cancel anytime. VATICAN CITY — The Vatican and Microsoft have unveiled a digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica that uses artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most ...

Pope Francis has opened the great Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is ...