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How to watch the Vatican Christmas Eve Mass. In the NBC special Christmas Eve Mass, viewers can watch the mass from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The special begins Sunday, Dec. 24 at 11:30 p.m ...
The origin of the claim that it has never been done before appears to be a Dec. 9 New York Post article with the headline, “Pope Francis to open 5 sacred portals on Christmas Eve — for a ...
Francis, celebrating the 12th Christmas of his pontificate, presided at a solemn Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and opened the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, which the Vatican expects will ...
The jubilee began on Christmas Eve (24 December) 2024, with Francis knocking on the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican from his wheelchair. The door was swung open and Francis rolled through the doorway as the basilica's Christmas Eve Mass began. [13] A fifth door, located at the Roman prison in Rebibbia, was opened on 26 December ...
Commemorates the 1929 signing of the Lateran Treaty, which established Vatican City as a sovereign state. 13 March: Anniversary of the Election of Pope Francis: Anniversario dell'Elezione del Santo Padre: Varies with each reigning pope. Marks the Election of Pope Francis on March 13, 2013. 19 March: Saint Joseph's Day: San Giuseppe: Sunday ...
NBC airs the Vatican Midnight Mass service at St. Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve night (having broadcast the service annually since 1972, typically in place of the network's regular late-night programming), and usually airs an ice skating special (often on the weekend prior to or of the holiday).
On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis knocked on the door and was the first to walk through it, inaugurating the 2025 Jubilee that he dedicated to hope. Pilgrims submitted to security controls before entering the Holy Door, amid new security fears following a deadly Christmas market attack in Germany.
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