the Solemnity of Mary — the Holy Door at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major outside the Vatican in Rome will be opened. Lastly, on Sunday, Jan. 5, Pope Francis will open the fifth and final ...

Besides the Holy Doors, other factors have contributed to the high number of people visiting Rome and other parts of Italy to ...

Peter's is on Vatican territory and the other three papal basilicas - St. Paul's Outside the Walls, St. John's In Lateran and St. Mary Major - have ... officials at each basilica will decide ...

A group of U.S. pilgrims who crossed the threshold of the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Mary Major Feb. 6 have traveled the world on the orders of superiors, but no one ordered them to make this ...

both by Pope Francis. 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 ...

Canadian Catholic travel agencies know Jubilee 2025 is momentous and are adjusting pilgrimage slates for the year accordingly.