Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the ...

Pope Francis, marking the Holy Year of the Catholic Church on Thursday, opened the symbolic Holy Door at a prison in Rome, ...

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.

"I wanted all of us, inside or out, to have an opportunity to throw open the doors of our hearts and understand that hope ...

"Let us offer our prayer to the Father so that, like Mary, we may be pilgrims of hope who bring Christ into the world." ...

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Pope Francis’ vicar for the Diocese of Rome, described the event as “a gesture that renews our ...

As the Pope left the Rebibbia prison, he stopped to greet the 300 inmates and staff who had waited outside of the crowded ...

Pope Francis has long made prison ministry an important part of his priestly vocation and has visited Rebibbia often since ...

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican ... delivers her ...

Pope Francis has opened a "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year at a prison in Rome, bringing a message of hope to ...

ROME, Dec 26 (Reuters) - 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 ...

ROME – Pope Francis made a visit on Dec 26 to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special “Holy Door” for the 2025 Roman Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was ...