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 Holy ...

with a jeweled trowel of ivory and silver spread mortar and set stones to close the Holy Door in the portico of St. Peter’s magnificent basilica on the 23rd Jubilee Year of the Catholic Church.

Before the millions of pilgrims expected to come to Rome during the Holy Year 2025 cross through the Holy Door of St. Peter's ...

On December 24, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, symbolizing hope and inviting the faithful to seek forgiveness and renewal, as reported by The Guardian.

Jubilee volunteers have become a mainstay along the boulevard leading up to St. Peter's Square since the start of the Holy Year.

The other four Holy Doors of the 2025 Jubilee are located at St. Peter’s Basilica, the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, the Basilica of St. Mary Major, and — for the first time in the history ...

In a Sunday television interview, Pope Francis emphasized that hope and forgiveness are at the root of the 2025 Jubilee.

The origin of the custom goes back to Pope Martin V who, for the Extraordinary Jubilee of 1423, opened a Holy Door to enter the Lateran Basilica in Rome. In St. Peter's Basilica , it was first ...

their parents and the priests and religious who minister with them is among the many groups registered to make a pilgrimage together through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.