""Of course, all popes could help all people to meet Jesus. And this could be an occasion." The Vatican has included one event organized by LGBTQ+ Catholics on its official online calendar for the ...

Pope Leo XIV closed the final "Holy Door" in St Peter's Basilica in Rome on Tuesday, the day of Epiphany, signalling the end of the 2025 Jubilee year that drew millions of pilgrims to the city. The ...

In all the papal basilicas, the official document of closing the Holy Door has been deposited along with the key to the door and several pontifical medals from the last sealing. The pope closed the ...

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday closed out the Vatican's 2025 Holy Year by denouncing today's consumerist and anti-foreigner sentiment, capping a Jubilee that saw some 33 million pilgrims flock to Rome and a ...

Some of the hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church and crediting Pope Francis for the ...

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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday closed the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, bringing the ordinary Holy Year to an end — a time of grace that invited Catholics to conversion, reconciliation, and hope. The ...

Walking through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, the culmination of any Jubilee pilgrimage, many LGBTQ Catholics and the people who minister with them kissed or caressed the panels of the door.

VATICAN CITY – The final pilgrims of the 2025 Holy Year passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica late Monday, as the Vatican claimed success after more than 33 million people participated ...