ROME — Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special “Holy Door” for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the ...

Parishioner and musician Dennis Bobber spent the better part of Thursday morning hanging banners emblazoned with “Year of the Jubilee” throughout the church.

The Vatican expects up to 32 million tourists will descend on the Italian capital for the Jubilee, putting Rome’s antiquated infrastructure under enormous strain and adding to the headaches of ...

WILTON, Iowa (AP) — Every year the U.S. egg industry kills about 350 million male chicks because, while the fuzzy little animals are incredibly cute, they will never lay eggs, so have little ...

ROME (AP) — Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain reopened Sunday after three months of renovations, just in time for the inauguration of the 2025 Jubilee Holy Year that is expected to draw millions of ...

The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the most solemn events of the Catholic Church, with centuries of tradition.

At his general audience Dec. 18, the pope began a new series of talks on "Jesus Christ our hope," which he announced will the theme for his weekly catechesis throughout the Jubilee Year, which is set ...

A man in his 50s has died after being hit by a lorry on the M25 near Orpington. The incident happened on the clockwise M25 junction 4 at 9.45am today (December 18). Officers were called to the ...

The M25 near Orpington is expected to remain closed for several hours after a “serious” crash involving a pedestrian. All traffic has stopped on the M25 clockwise between junctions 3 and 4 ...

Reserve champion and red rosette winner in the large fowl class went to previous title-winner Mark Rangeley, Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield, for two 2024 blue/black Orpington pullets which sold for ...