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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis officially launched the 2025 Holy Year on Christmas Eve by opening the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, an event expected to draw over 30 million pilgrims to the Italian capital city, Rome.Since the first Holy Year in 1300, passing through the Holy Door or one of the three doors at the other Papal Basilicas has allowed pilgrims to receive indulgences, meaning 'the forgiveness of sins'.The 2025 Holy Year, themed around fostering hope and trust, is the second Jubilee led by Pope Francis, following the one in 2015.Alongside the doors of Rome’s Major Basilicas, the Pontiff will, for the first time, open a fifth door in a Roman prison, symbolising an invitation for “all prisoners to look to the future with renewed confidence.”An estimated 7,000...
December 25, 2024
Pope Francis opens Holy Door to launch 2025 Jubilee
December 25, 2024
Four given jail terms for Amsterdam violence against football fans
PARIS — Some 1,200 tourists were evacuated on Tuesday from the iconic Paris landmark, the Eiffel Tower, after reports of a fire in one of its elevator shafts between the first and second floor.The fire, which was caused by one of the elevator cables overheating at around 10:30 am, has since been contained, according to Euronews' sources. Access to the tower has been restricted during the operation.The tourist attraction and one of the world's most famous towers is visited by an average of 15,000 to 25,000 visitors daily.The French capital remains scarred by the devastating blaze that almost destroyed another prominent landmark, the Notre Dame Cathedral, in 2019.The Gothic architectural masterpiece was closed for five years and was just reopened to the public earlier this month....
December 24, 2024
Tourists evacuated from Eiffel Tower after reports of elevator fire
December 24, 2024
Romania forms a new pro-European coalition government amid ongoing political crisis
December 24, 2024
Kosovo bars Serb party from vote over anti-independence stances
December 24, 2024
Russian forces make progress amid record-high losses across Ukraine's Donetsk region
December 24, 2024
Greenland again tells Trump it is not for sale
December 23, 2024
France holds day of mourning for Mayotte cyclone dead
December 23, 2024
Officials defend Magdeburg security days after Christmas market attack killed five
December 23, 2024
Pope Francis calls for ceasefire on all war fronts in pre-Christmas prayers at Vatican
