More crowds than usual are expected this year in the Eternal City. We explain what the Jubilee is, how to navigate the crowds ...

For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...

The Vatican crossed a key milestone Thursday in the runup to its 2025 Jubilee with the promulgation ... to bring some 32 million pilgrims to Rome and has already brought months of headaches ...

The jubilee celebration is a regular Catholic Church event ... offered visitors. A new ticketed entry at the fountain has also proven divisive. Piazza Venezia, one of Rome’s most famous squares ...

Local Catholics and jubilee pilgrims in ... for Pope Francis, for the Church, for a private family intention, and for his wife and their unborn baby. Across Rome, local Catholics are offering ...

The Vatican, usually a hive of activity during a Jubilee year ... the Church enters a nine-day mourning period, followed by the process of electing a new Bishop of Rome. This period is steeped ...

Tour-guide organization plans customized itineraries for parishes, private groups and high-school students — and runs a ...

In Rome, 2025 is a Jubilee Year – so if your travel plans include the Eternal City, it's important to know what the Jubilee ...

for the Bishops’ Jubilee of the Holy Year in 2000, when the Polish Pope consecrated the new millennium to Our Lady. The image returned to Rome in 2013, on 12-13 October. Pope Benedict XVI made ...

Taking place every 25 years, a Jubilee year starts on Christmas Eve and ends on the Holy Epiphany feast day (January 6, 2026) when the Holy Door is closed again. Until then, Rome will be flooded ...

A trip to Rome is an exhilarating experience at any time. But with the Catholic Church’s Jubilee currently hitting its stride, 2025 is gearing up to be an even bigger year than usual.