The papal basilica, also known as the 'Bethlehem of the West,' houses both the venerated icon of Mary and relics of Christ’s ...

"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 ...

Marked by solemn processions and prayers for hope in troubled times, Archbishop Bernard Hebda presided over two opening ...

Cardinal Reina, Pope Francis’ vicar for the Diocese of Rome, described the event as ... the Walls on Jan. 5 and the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Jan. 1. The Holy Doors serve as spiritual ...

The opening of the Holy Door in the atrium of the Lateran Basilica, the cathedral of Rome and 'mother of all churches,' precedes those that will take place at St. Mary Major on January 1st at 5:00 ...

Opening the Holy Door at St. Mary Major, Cardinal Rolando Makrickas prayed that the world would entrust itself to Mary, "the ...

In the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the jubilee cross that led the faithful into the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was from its dedication in 2002.

I haven't exactly kept my fraught history with organized Christianity a secret. In fact, in keeping with my weird tradition of publishing my numerous ...

Holy Doors will also open at Rome's other two major basilicas, St. Mary Major and St. Paul Outside the Walls, on Jan. 1 and Jan. 5, respectively. Pope Francis also opened Holy Doors on Dec. 26 at Rome ...

Over 2 million pilgrims arrived in Rome for that Holy Year ... St. John’s, St. Paul’s, and St. Mary Major was enormous” on that day. Hours after the inaugural ceremony, Pius XI received ...