For a press tour of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – the Church of the Resurrection, the Mother of churches, site of the last four stations of the Cross – you must apply to the ...

Worshippers in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre surround the restored Edicule, a shrine that Christian tradition says was built over the burial place of Jesus Christ. The shrine ...

This means that the Custody itself, in some way, represents and depicts the catholicity and universality of the Church ... the restoration of the aedicule of the Holy Sepulchre and the restoration ...

The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the ...

For pilgrims who can’t travel to Rome, the bishops are expected to designate important local shrines and pilgrimage sites as ...

It came as Christmas marked the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration that is expected ... founder of the Roman Catholic Church. Inside, the beauty of a newly restored St. Peter's Basilica ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pilgrims lined up early Wednesday to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance ... founder of the Roman Catholic Church. At noon, Francis will deliver the “Urbi ...

My investigation based on these data and the topography of northwest Jerusalem in the I century AD, shows that Jesus’ crucifixion place, Golgotha (the “skull”), is neither at the Holy Sepulchre nor in ...

(WLS) -- Hundreds of thousands of Catholics are expected to make the pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of ... the closing Mass in the evening. Church leaders are also preparing for frigid ...

Mercedes's flagship SUV has served as the primary form of transportation for the Pope for the past 45 years, so it comes as no surprise that the Popemobile—as his holy chariot is known—will ...

Soon after the easing of COVID lockdown restrictions in 2022, the crown was displayed to the faithful on special feast days at the nearby parish church ... Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, will ...