Pope Leo XIV closed the 2025 Holy Year by denouncing consumerism and anti-foreigner sentiment, after 33 million Catholic pilgrims visited Rome. He urged Christians to welcome strangers and pursue ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Pope Leo closed the Catholic Church's Holy Year on Tuesday by sealing shut the special "Holy Door" in St. Peter's Basilica and urging Christians worldwide to help those ...

Vatican City (AFP) – 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 ...

Although traditionally a jubilee only happens every 25 years, the Holy Door is slated to reopen for a special 2033 Jubilee when the Church will celebrate the Holy Year of the Redemption. The Edicule ...

What an ending it was to the Pittsburgh Steelers' Week 18 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night, with Ravens kicker Tyler Loop missing wide right as time ran out. The Steelers ended up with a ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Rushed preparations, soaring pilgrim numbers and underwhelming financial returns defined a Jubilee Year shaped by an unexpected papal transition. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a solemn ...

How they got there, though, might have been an act of divine intervention. Ravens kicker Tyler Loop slicing a kick wide right of the uprights as time expired, gifting the Steelers the win, and ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers are calling on some extra help. Before their game Sunday at Acrisure Stadium, a priest was seen blessing the field with holy water. The video was captured by Jenna Harner of ...

Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, archpriest of Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major, prays in front of the basilica's Holy Door before solemnly closing it Dec. 25, 2025, as the Jubilee Year was ending.

INDIANAPOLIS — A fight over whether an abandoned Indianapolis church should be demolished or stay standing as part of a neighborhood's cherished history is set to go before the city next week. Holy ...

Apple’s iPhone 17 Series brings a new range of 4K wallpapers, from bright and bold to subtle light and dark themes. You can preview and download them individually ...

Under cover of an enjoyably eerie horror movie, director Paolo Strippoli investigates the dangers of displaced grief in a secretive Italian village where no one is ever in any pain. Then again, ...