Pope Francis has opened the great Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. The ceremony kicks off the 2025 Holy Year.

Faithful from all over the word started flocking to St. Peter’s square and lining up braving chilly temperatures to cross the Holy Door on Wednesday and thus receive the Catholic Church indulgence for ...

Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin is giving the Christmas Day sermon from Canterbury Cathedral (Andrew Matthews/PA) Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin is giving the sermon at Canterbury Cathedral in ...

Mass, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the Jubilee of 2025. This year-long period of ...

The Jubilee will officially begin tonight, with the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica. An estimated 32 million ...

Opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica has been a fixture of the Catholic Church's celebration of jubilee years since ...

The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who ...

Giacomo Costa on the Assembly's mission of communion and participation, fostering unity across diverse cultures and ...

Maureen McRae arrived at St. Theresa Parish in North Reading at 8:40 a.m. on the foggy morning of Dec. 10, her well-loved Roman Missal clutched close to her chest. As she does every ...

Having been moved by reading the story of St. Thérèse of Lisieux ... I was 8 years old and had just been baptized and ...

Christmas and Easter traditionally are the holiest times of the year. Or at least they should be in family life. And it’s a ...

Bray Divers Sub-aqua Club are hoping to start new divers courses early in January. Persons of fourteen years of age and ...