Rome welcomed record 33.5 million pilgrims for Catholic Holy Year

About 33.5 million pilgrims came to Rome in 2025 for the Catholic Holy Year, Vatican and Italian officials said on Monday, ...
Catholic Standard

Vatican sees record number of visitors during Jubilee year, officials say

Early estimates had expected that the Jubilee Year would bring 30 million to 35 million visitors to the Vatican. The city saw ...
Knowledgia on MSN

The real reason the Vatican exists as a state

The Vatican exists as a country because the Catholic Church is powerful enough that Italy could not erase it without triggering global backlash. After Italy conquered Rome in 1870, the Popes refused ...
AFP on MSN

'Two-pope' Catholic Jubilee draws 33 million pilgrims to Rome

The 2025 Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations drew over 33 million pilgrims to Rome, the Vatican said Monday, as the last of ...
Yahoo

Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world’s first carbon-neutral state

ROME (AP) — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that the Holy See ...
Religion News Service on MSN

Holy Door closes to end Jubilee Year — and a year of historic Vatican transition

Rushed preparations, soaring pilgrim numbers and underwhelming financial returns defined a Jubilee Year shaped by an ...

The tiny keyhole in Rome where three countries align perfectly

Discover Rome’s hidden Aventine Keyhole (Buco della Serratura), where a tiny green door perfectly frames St. Peter’s Basilica ...
Barron's

Vatican, Rome In Lockdown Mode For Francis's Funeral

With royals, presidents and hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful heading to Rome following Pope Francis's death, Italy and the Vatican are rolling out a massive security plan. The Barron's news ...
The Washington Post

On the eve of a papal funeral, Rome prepares

VATICAN CITY — As pilgrims and world leaders alike prepare to say goodbye to Pope Francis at his funeral Saturday, Rome is racing to get ready. The city is blocking off roads and calling in police ...