The papal basilica, also known as the 'Bethlehem of the West,' houses both the venerated icon of Mary and relics of Christ’s ...
"I wanted the second Holy Door to be the one here, at a prison," he said ... The door of the prison's Church of Our Father was decorated with a pine garland with white roses and silver-tinted ...
Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Pope Francis’ vicar for the Diocese of Rome, described the event as “a gesture that renews our ...
On the feast of the Holy Family, Cardinal Baldassare Reina opened the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, the third such ceremony since Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee Year of ...
"Let us offer our prayer to the Father so that, like Mary, we may be pilgrims of hope who bring Christ into the world." ...
One of the symbolic images of every Jubilee is that of the pontiff crossing the threshold of the Holy Door, which will stay open throughout the year to allow around 32 million pilgrims projected ...
The Lateran Basilica is packed with people; outside, in the square behind the barriers, other faithful follow the ceremony of opening the Holy Door on large screens, unable to find space inside.
On Christmas Eve in 2024 Pope Francis opened the first Holy Door. One TikToker thinks he heard the screams of a kid possibly ...
The Cardinal Vicar of Rome, Baldassare Reina, has opened the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he will subsequently celebrate Mass. The jubilee event, the second in a Roman ...