Pope Francis will open the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Christmas Eve to kick off Jubilee 2025. The door, which is usually bricked up, will remain open for the year to

Pope Francis will open the Holy Year of the Catholic Church in St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday evening. In a solemn ceremony on Christmas Eve, the 88-year-old pontiff will open the Holy Door, which is otherwise walled up from the inside,

Opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve, Pope Francis inaugurates a jubilee year expected to draw 32 million visitors to Rome.

Francis urged the Vatican inner circle to bless more and talk less badly of others. It wasn’t the first time he had used the occasion to scold them.

The service, which originally took place at midnight, now begins much earlier in the evening The post How to Watch the Pope’s Christmas Eve Mass appeared first on TheWrap.

Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Sunday prayer ahead of Christmas celebrations, condemning the “cruelty” of bombing schools and hospitals in Ukraine and Gaza.

Pope Francis emphasized that “no child is ever a mistake” during his last Angelus address before Christmas Day.

The claim stems from the celebration of the 2025 Jubilee, a Roman Catholic tradition that happens every 25 years.

Pope Francis will open “five sacred portals” on Christmas Eve for a ritual that has never been performed before. Rating: False (About this rating?) Context: Pope Francis is only opening one "sacred portal" on this year's Christmas Eve.