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Rome gears up for 2025 Jubilee with major renovations and record tourist influx

Visiting Rome nowadays is like entering a huge construction site. “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” but the Eternal City doesn’t have the time anymore, as only a few weeks remain. Once Pope Francis ...
National Catholic Reporter

One year later, Pope Francis' tomb remains a major Roman pilgrimage point

Since Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of St. Mary on April 27, 2025, the basilica has been transformed from a prominent Roman church into one of the city's major pilgrimage sites for admirers ...
AOL

5 Major Changes Happening In Rome Tourists Visiting In 2026 Need To Know

In preparation for the Catholic Jubilee Year celebration, which drew an estimated 33 million travelers and pilgrims to the Vatican in 2025, Rome implemented wide-scale programs to better manage ...
CNN

E-scooters were supposed to fix travel in Rome. Then they became a major problem

Rome, the eternal city, has been invaded, conquered and pillaged countless times since its founding nearly 2,800 years ago. Each attack has left scars throughout the city, from the ruins of the Roman ...
America Magazine

Pope Francis appoints Italian Cardinal as Major Penitentiary and head of the Catholic Church’s ‘Tribunal of Mercy’

In a further change at the top echelons of the Roman Curia, Pope Francis has appointed the Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis as the Major Penitentiary and head of the Apostolic Penitentiary. Cardinal ...