EDITORIAL: Whether you travel to Rome or participate locally during the special celebration, God’s grace still flows to the ...
COMMENTARY: Here are some suggestions for how we can make this jubilee year a time of spiritual renewal in the Catholic ...
In an amusing branding move, the Vatican debuted an anime-style cartoon mascot named Luce to mixed reactions online.
(RNS) — The hope of a new year is here as the Catholic Church enters the 2025 Jubilee, a yearlong period of forgiveness and mercy whose theme is taken from Romans 5: “Hope does not disappoint.” The ...
Pilgrims who visit Rome during the jubilee, a holy year celebrated every 25 years, will have the opportunity to receive a plenary indulgence by passing through the doors.
The entry of the jubilee cross into the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth on Dec. 29 marked the opening of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope in the Holy Land. The event, celebrated on the feast ...
Organised by the Church every 25 years, the Jubilee is intended as a period of reflection and penance for Catholics, and is marked by a long list of cultural and religious events, from masses to ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of Saint Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve, marking the beginning of the Jubilee for 2025. This significant event will be mirrored locally in ...
Jubilee years can be traced back to the people of Israel: "Thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land: for it is the year of jubilee" (Lev ...
He noted that jubilee pilgrims are likely to visit Rome’s Christian catacombs and its seven pilgrim churches — the basilicas of St. Peter, St. Mary Major, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside ...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St. Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to ...