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Pope Francis kicks off Holy Year at Vatican

Pope Francis to open Holy Year 2025 on Christmas Eve

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,

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Pope Francis kicks off Holy Year at Vatican with over 32 million visitors expected

Pope Francis kicked off the Jubilee this week, marking the start of the Holy Year in Italy as 32 million pilgrims are expected to travel to Rome this year.

National Catholic Register · 2h

Pope Francis: How to Be ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ During Jubilee Year

Pilgrims from around the world have been passing through the open Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica this week.

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On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis launches holy Jubilee year

Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome.Pope Francis then presided over the Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's,

Pope brings Holy Year and prayers for better future

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Pope brings Holy Year and prayers for better future to Rome prison, a ‘cathedral of pain and hope’

Pope Francis is bringing his Holy Year to Rome’s main prison. Francis traveled to Rebibbia prison on a frigid morning.

Los Angeles Times on MSN · 2d

Pope brings Holy Year and prayers for better future to Rome prison

ROME — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century celebration that is expected to bring about 32 million ...

Reuters · 1d

Pope opens special 'Holy Door' for Catholic Jubilee at Rome prison

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the first such action by a Catholic pontiff.

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 ...

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A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here's what you need to know

Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the ...

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Pope launches 2025 Jubilee Year with opening of Holy Door

The pope opened the Jubilee Holy Doors praying that the Holy Spirit would soften hearts so that "enemies may speak to each ...

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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 ...

For some, the pope's big Holy Year only aggravates housing crisis as overtourism pushes out Romans

When Pope Francis formally opens the Holy Year next week, he will launch a dizzying 12-month calendar of events that include ...

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Holy Year: Papal festivities expected to aggravate housing crisis as overtourism pushes out Romans

Rome’s relationship with Jubilees dates to 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII inaugurated the first Holy Year in what historians ...

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Onion-wielding man disrupts Christmas church services, pours whiskey into holy water: deputies

The man, identified as a 56-year-old from St. Mary’s County, had first visited the Holy Angels Catholic Church in Avenue, Maryland, during a religious service on Tuesday evening, according to the ...

Pope Francis' Christmas address urges ‘all people of all nations’ to overcome divisions

The pope invoked the Holy Door of St. Peter’s, which he opened on Christmas Eve to launch the 2025 Jubilee, as representing ‘God’s mercy’.

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