Pilgrims who visit Rome during the Jubilee, a holy year celebrated every 25 years, will have the opportunity to receive a plenary indulgence by passing through the doors.

With this, the opening of all five holy doors in Rome for the Roman Catholic Church’s ‘Jubilee of Hope’ is now complete. The ceremony is historic because the basilica was bu ...

Many Catholic parishes will give their parishioners a piece of chalk, a small bottle of holy water, and the words for the ...

As had already happened during the Immaculate Conception rite in Piazza di Spagna on December 8th, when two animal rights ...

The holy door at Saint Paul's Outside the Walls was opened on Sunday by the Rome basilica's archpriest, Cardinal James Michael Harvey. It is the fifth and final holy door to be opened in the Italian ...

My epiphany is I forget things, and this is a factor of age. Despite my faltering memory, I remember the big ‘E’ Epiphany ...

Heavy snow and sleet showers have led to difficult travel conditions for much of Ireland, but most schools are expected to ...

There have been touching moments — sometimes away from the headlines, and the front lines — that have moved the world this ...

King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah has set records in 2024, serving 49.1 million passengers – a 14 percent ...

On Friday night, thousands of young Catholics transformed a spacious convention center ballroom into a solemn oasis of prayer ...

In one Indian town, monkeys will steal your glasses — and give them back if you toss them a container of mango juice. It's ...