Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, archpriest of Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major, prays in front of the basilica's Holy Door before solemnly closing it Dec. 25, 2025, as the Jubilee Year was ending.
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a solemn ceremony on Tuesday morning (Jan. 6), the Feast of the Epiphany, Pope Leo XIV will close the last Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark the end of the Jubilee Year ...
Natalie Turner and her son Phillip cross the Holy Door in St.Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on the last day of its public opening, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.) Listen ROME ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The final pilgrims of the 2025 Holy Year passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica late Monday, as the Vatican claimed success after more than 33 million people ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV (L)presides over the Holy Mass of the Epiphany of the Lord and the rite of the Closing of the Holy Door at the Altar ...
In all the papal basilicas, the official document of closing the Holy Door has been deposited along with the key to the door and several pontifical medals from the last sealing. The pope closed the ...
Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica to mark the start of the Catholic Jubilee Year, at the Vatican, Dec. 24, 2024. Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP, file VATICAN CITY (AP) ...
The path to conversion, the door to God's mercy and the call to live in Christian hope all continue beyond the Jubilee Year, said the three cardinals who closed the Holy Doors at three major basilicas ...
The path to conversion, the door to God's mercy and the call to live in Christian hope all continue beyond the Jubilee Year, said the three cardinals who closed the Holy Doors at three major basilicas ...