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The Holy See Press Office said Saturday that the text prepared by Pope Francis for the Angelus will be published at noon, while the Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization ...
The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Zambia’s National and Diocesan Directors Council Meeting, which commenced on 18 February and concluded on 21 February 2025, was held under ...
The fourth major event of the Jubilee of Hope is dedicated to deacons: from February 21 to 23, 4,000 of them will be in Rome to pass through the Holy Door and participate in a ...
In the context of the Jubilee of Artists and Culture, on Monday 17 February, the Vatican hosted “Artisans of Hope,” a meeting of representatives from Catholic cultural centers. ...
St. Peter’s Basilica hosts the “White Night “(Notte Bianca) of the Artists organized on 16 February by the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education as part of the Jubilee of ...
The Holy See Press Office releases the Angelus address of Pope Francis as he continues his recovery at Gemelli Hospital. In his message, the Pope highlights the role of art in ...
The Cardinal Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education delivers Pope Francis' homily during the Mass for the Jubilee of Artists and the World of Culture. In it, he says ...
The Bishops of Eastern Africa have appealed for negotiations towards debt cancellation to lighten the repayment burden for developing countries in Africa, as he calls the people of ...
The ex-director of Aid to the Church in Need UK describes the stories of hope he encountered across three decades of service to persecuted Christians worldwide.
World Radio Day, celebrated annually on 13 February, underscores radio's unique power as a communication medium. This year's theme highlighted radio's role in raising awareness and ...
The Holy See Press Office says Pope Francis has undergone tests and has begun pharmacological treatment in hospital for a respiratory tract infection. Due to the hospitalization, ...
Catholic Mobilizing Network, the leading Catholic anti-death penalty advocacy organization in the United States, shares the story of Felix Rosado, whose life was transformed by ...
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and UNAIDS director Winnie Byanyima speak to Vatican News about a high-level dialogue on tax reform hosted by the Pontifical Academy ...
Themes of the Jubilee of Hope, particularly pressing issues such as the high cost of living and transformative leadership, have been the focus of reflection for the Bishops of ...
Focusing on the theme “JPIC Mission: Pilgrims of Hope for systemic transformation for the common good of all creation,” lay people and religious from around the world receive the ...
Several Vatican and Italian organizations team up to host a webinar entitled "CommunicAction for Building Community,” which explores the hope that springs from good news stories ...
The imminent Jubilee of Artists is set to take place in the Vatican and is expected to feature a special Jubilee Mass presided over by Pope Francis, who is also scheduled to visit ...
Continuing his catechetical series on “Jesus our Hope” at the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on the birth of Jesus in a stable in Bethlehem, saying it opens our ...
Over 20 000 participants joined a webinar on Saturday, 8 February 2025, organised by the Pan-African Network for Catholic Theology and Pastoral (PACTPAN), during which the ...
During a visit to Rome for the Jubilee of the Armed Forces, Jesuit Father Andriy Zelinskyy, from the Curia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, speaks to Vatican News about the ...
At the conclusion of Sunday's Jubilee Mass, Pope Francis recalled how those in military service can be "agents of security and freedom of peoples" in contributing to the ...
During his homily at the Jubilee of Armed Forces Mass on Sunday, Pope Francis entrusts their efforts to Christ, recalling that turning to Him in constant prayer is a source of ...
At a Conference organized in Rome as part of the Jubilee of the Armed Forces, Police, and Security Agent, the Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations ...
More than 30,000 military personnel, police, and veterans will celebrate a two-day Jubilee event in the Vatican dedicated to recognizing their service of bringing hope to people ...
One man’s search “to fill the God-sized hole” in his life now inspires innumerable people who access Portraits in Faith online, or visit the newly installed his exhibit at the ...
Bishop Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa serves as the Bishop of Kondoa Diocese in Tanzania. In addition to his ecclesiastical duties, he is also a teacher, writer, and communications ...
During the World Interfaith Harmony Week, the Jordanian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and the Director of Jesus' Baptism site describe the importance of pilgrimages to the ...
On Monday morning, a group of Youth Ambassadors associated with Talitha Kum became Jubilee Pilgrims of Hope, crossing the Holy Doors of three Papal Basilicas.
Pope Francis welcomes a delegation of Scandinavian pilgrims during their visit to Rome for the Jubilee Year organized by the Nordic Bishops' Conference. He appeals to them to be ...
A series of "High-Five" events held in the Indian Archdiocese of Bombay are creatively engaging young people in the Jubilee Year through faith-based activities, such as music, ...
The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord has also been celebrated as the day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life since it was instituted by Pope Saint John Paul II in ...
In his second Jubilee Audience on hope Pope Francis invites us to embrace conversion as a lifelong journey, highligting the figure of Mary Magdalene, the “Apostle of the Apostles” ...
The Vatican Apostolic Library inaugurates "En Route", an exhibition celebrating the theme of world travel in the context of the Jubilee Year. It features documents from historical ...
Participants in a three-day conference in Rome for presidents of Episcopal Commissions for Communication and directors of diocesan Offices for Social Communication have expressed ...
Ahead of the 'Jordan: Dawn of Christianity' exhibition in the Vatican, Father Rifat Badar, a Jordanian priest with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, describes how the nation ...
On the sidelines of a global Dicastery-for Communication conference organized for the Jubilee of Communications, world-renowned tech expert Eli Pariser, the founder of New Public ...
Speaking with Vatican Media on the sidelines of a global Vatican communications seminar for the Jubilee of Hope, Chris Walter, co-director of 'On Our Radar' in the UK, reflects on ...
In his Message for the 33rd World Day of the Sick, Pope Francis says God remains close to those who suffer, through encounter, gift, and sharing. Meanwhile, the solemn celebration ...
As part of the Jubilee of Communication, the Augustinian Patristic Pontifical Institute has hosted a private screening of “Green Lava,” a documentary by Lia Beltrami, which tells ...
Pope Francis presides at Mass on the Sunday of the Word of God, and invites Christians to allow the Holy Spirit to make Christ present in our lives and society through frequent ...
As the Church celebrates the Jubilee of the World of Communications in the Jubilee Year of Hope from 24 January to 26 January, the universal Church is invited to celebrate media ...
On the second day of the Jubilee of Communication, Maria Ressa and Colum McCann challenge media professionals to tell stories of hope in a world marked by conflict.
The Irish author and co-founder of "Narrative 4", a global network that offers educators creative tools to teach compassion through our Story Exchange, Artists Network, Learning ...
Vatican News speaks to the American writer Phil Klay about the 2025 Jubilee Year, modern warfare, dehumanisation, faith, and what it means to communicate hope in a context of war. ...
The Jubilee of the World of Communication opens with the celebration of Mass marking the liturgical memory of St. Francis de Sales, patron of journalists, at the Basilica of St. ...
Ten thousand communication professionals inaugurate the first jubilee event of the Holy Year with a three-day program for the Jubilee of the World of Communication.
Religious sisters from around the world share their projects, missions, experiences, and witness at the Global Jubilee Conference with Religious Sisters, organized by the Dicastery ...
Around 80 religious sisters meet in the Vatican to share their belief that communication is not only for media professionals but for everyone, since each of us connects with others ...
As dozens of religious sisters meet in Rome as part of the Jubilee for Communications, Linda Hilton, Chair of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, describes her charitable ...
Pope Francis thanks Italy’s Inspectorate for Public Security for Vatican City – charged with maintaining security in and around St Peter’s Square—and invites them to take advantage ...
Pope Francis receives presidents and directors of Italy's Automobile Club, in which he thanks them for their service to citizens and efforts to promote safety on the road, but also ...
Meeting with the delegation, the Pope challenged them to help individuals and communities live the Jubilee Year with a spirit of prayer and compassion.
Archbishop Emeritus and Apostolic Administrator of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg, Buti Joseph Tlhagale OMI, has said the 2025 Jubilee Year is an occasion "for all ...
Pope Francis grants an interview to Fabio Fazio for Italian TV channel Nove's Che tempo che fa, announcing that Sr. Raffaella Petrini will be appointed in March to head the ...
The chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace commends the Biden administration for its decision to remove Cuba from the United States’ list of state ...
Catholic communicators from Eastern Africa are preparing to attend the upcoming Jubilee of Communications in Rome, expressing their hopes of exploring communications strategies ...
As a childhood survivor of sexual and domestic violence, Kenya’s Pauline Akinyi Juma has rewritten her narrative as a survivor through empowerment, advocacy and healing. She is now ...
Our Editorial Director reflects on recent events that carry powerful messages of hope, from the commutation of death sentences to life imprisonment in the United States to the ...
The Cuban government has announced a decision to release 553 prisoners “in the spirit of the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025 declared by His Holiness Pope Francis.”
The Archbishop of the Italian Forces designates the historic flagship of the Italian Navy “Amerigo Vespucci” as one of the Jubilee sites of the Military Ordinariate where pilgrims ...
In his first Saturday Jubilee Audience, Pope Francis highlights the Jubilee as a time for a new beginning, rooted in the transformative power of God’s Kingdom, drawing on the ...
Catholic Mobilizing Network, the leading Catholic anti-death penalty advocacy organization in the United States, takes us behind the music of “Redemption Way,” a unique hymn ...
Pope Francis delivers his ‘State of the World’ address at the annual Audience for Members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, and calls for a diplomacy of hope ...
In addition to liturgies on major feasts of the liturgical year, Pope Francis will celebrate Mass for the Jubilee of the World of Communications, and that of the Armed Forces, ...
Pope Francis presides at Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, and recalls that the star which points to Jesus is visible to everyone, inviting us to seek Him in all ...
On the eve of the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, the Second Sunday after Christmas, Cardinal James Harvey, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ...
Pope Francis invites Catholic educators to fix their gaze on Jesus at all times to help them in their daily tasks and struggles, and warns against bullying in schools, suggesting ...
In a pastoral reflection on the Holy Year the head of the Filipino bishops, Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, urges the faithful to journey together in hope even when confronted with ...
As the US Diocese of Lexington launches a Laudato Si’ Action Plan, Bishop John Stowe expresses his hope to unite his 59 parishes and missions in Kentucky around the goal of ...
Meeting with a group of young people from the Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Pope Francis reflects on the meaning of pilgrimage, urging them to be "always on the ...
Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana of Thailand’s northern Diocese of Chiang Mai has urged Catholics to open our hearts to Jesus Christ at the start of the 2025 Jubilee Year of ...
The Holy Door of Saint Mary Major has been opened, marking the start of the Jubilee Year 2025, with Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas inviting pilgrims to journey in faith under the ...
After his traditional New Years’ Day Angelus prayer, Pope Francis issues a powerful call to political leaders, urging them to “set a good example by canceling or significantly ...
Mary “immerses us once more in the mystery of Christmas” and leads us to Jesus, says Pope Francis, as he celebrates Mass for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Mother of God.
Three companions of Pope Benedict – Cardinal Kurt Koch, Professor Ralph Weimann, and Archbishop Georg Gänswein – reflect on the two-year anniversary of his death.
On Sunday, 29 December, several dioceses of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) joined the Universal Church on the Feast of the Holy Family to inaugurate the ...
Throughout 2024, Pope Francis unwaveringly took action for peace. In countless appeals and occasions, he asked all men and women of goodwill to promote and nurture fraternity, ...
Bishop Krzysztof Józef Nykiel, Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary reflects on the time of spiritual renewal, conversion, and reconciliation offered by the Jubilee. He points out ...
On the Feast of the Holy Family the Cardinal Vicar for the Diocese of Rome invites us to pray especially for those families facing difficulties and suffering. God is the source of ...
In an audio message broadcast today by the BBC as the “Thought for the Day,” Pope Francis urges us not to look at the future “with pessimism and resignation,” but to always choose ...
Finnish film director, Aki Kaurismäki's 20th full-length film, "Fallen Leaves", released in 2023, is part of the works chosen by the Dicastery of Evangelization to accompany ...
In light of the political and social challenges facing Guinea-Bissau, the Bishop of the Diocese of Bissau, Jose Lampra Cá, has urged Guinean Christians and the broader population ...
The birth of Jesus is the most powerful sign and message of hope in a world darkened by the shadows of fear and uncertainty. For Christmas 2024, at the beginning of the Jubilee of ...
Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of Saint Peter's Basilica thereby officially inaugurating the 2025 Jubilee of Hope. He reassures during his Christmas evening Mass that the Christ ...
The birth of Jesus is the most powerful sign and message of hope in a world darkened by the shadows of fear and uncertainty. For Christmas 2024, at the beginning of the Jubilee of ...
For the first time in the Jubilee tradition, Pope Francis will open a fifth sacred portal in a Roman prison on 26 December, a gesture of hope that shows his ongoing closeness to ...
The birth of Jesus is the most powerful sign and message of hope in a world darkened by the shadows of fear and uncertainty. For Christmas 2024, at the beginning of the Jubilee of ...
A new pedestrian area at the start of Via della Conciliazione, connecting Castel Sant’Angelo to St Peter’s Basilica, has been inaugurated ahead of the Jubilee, blending historic ...
In an interview with Vatican Media, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, welcomes the news of US President Joe Biden ...
With Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly and Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication present, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the Prefect of the Congregation for the ...
This year, in keeping with tradition, the Vatican Secretary of State pays a visit to the Vatican’s Children’s Hospital, bringing a message of Christmas hope to doctors, nurses, ...
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Holy Mass, Jubilee of Deacons
From St. Peter's Basilica, Holy Mass with diaconal ordinations on the occasion of the Jubilee of Deacons, presided over by H.E. Archbishop Rino Fisichella.