A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here's what that means
Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome.
Pope shares Christmas message, marking start of the 2025 Holy Year for Catholics worldwide
Pilgrims lined up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration.
Newsday16d
A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here's what you need to know
reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security fears following a Christmas market attack in Germany. At the start of Christmas Eve ...
Catholic News Agency19d
PHOTOS: Christmas in Rome as first Jubilee pilgrims arrive in Eternal City
Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Pilgrims strolling through Piazza Navona can browse Rome’s small-scale Christmas market, where vendors sell Nativity figurines, ornaments, and Befana dolls — Italy ...
The Independent16d
A Holy Year is about to start in Rome – the city had changed forever
reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security fears following a Christmas market attack in Germany. At the start of Christmas Eve ...
Rome completes marquee project in contentious city overhaul for Catholic Holy Year
Rome has completed the most ambitious of thousands of construction works that have disrupted daily life in the Eternal City in preparation for the millions of tourists expected during the 2025 Catholi ...
The Associated Press on MSN12d
Pilgrims traverse Vatican Holy Door as Christmas marks the start of the 2025 Holy Year
Pilgrims are lining up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks ...
London Evening Standard24d
A Roman Christmas: Why it's the perfect last-minute festive mini-break
Piazza Navonna hosts an advent market AFP via Getty ... the celebrations will go on all year. On Christmas Eve, the Pope will start the Jubilee or Holy Year in Rome, a kind of spiritual re-set ...