Jubilee

21/12/2024

Knights of Columbus donate mobile broadcasting unit to Vatican

With Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly and the Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication present, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the Prefect of the Congregation for the ...

Cardinal Parolin in the chapel of the Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome

20/12/2024

Cardinal Parolin brings Christmas message of hope to Children's Hospital

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, ...

20/12/2024

Pope Francis’ vision of hope, forgiveness, and unity in troubled times

In an interview with Argentina’s “Canal Orbe 21” TV, Pope Francis offers his thoughts on the challenges of our times and the Church’s evolving mission amid global tensions, rising ...

Pope Francis blessing an inmate in the courtyard of the Venice Women's Prison on April 28, 2024

20/12/2024

Pope sends letter to prison inmates: Welcome Jesus into your hearts

At a Mass in a Florentine prison, the city’s Archbishop reads a letter Pope Francis sent to the inmates to extend his Christmas greetings and blessings.

The facade of St Peter's Basilica, seen from St Peter's Square

19/12/2024

Vatican Media to offer full coverage of Jubilee 2025 events

Thanks to audio streams on Vatican Radio and videos provided by Vatican Media, in collaboration with YouTube, the faithful will be able to follow every major moment of Jubilee 2025 ...

A scene from the film "Perfect Days" directed by Wim Wenders

19/12/2024

Jubilee Films for Pilgrims of Hope: 'Perfect Days'

Wim Wenders' 2023 film Perfect Days may resonate with many viewers for its intrinsic beauty and amazing soundtrack. Father Greg Apparcel, CSP, film critic, associate pastor of St. ...

The opening of the Holy Door during the Jubilee of Mercy in 2015

18/12/2024

Pope: The Jubilee, a grace-filled opportunity for encounter

The Italian daily newspaper Il Messaggero publishes a reflection by Pope Francis on the Jubilee.

Pope Francis venerates the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, which will be present in Rome all throughout the Jubilee

18/12/2024

Pope begins catchesis tied to Jubilee: “Jesus Christ, our hope"

With the opening of the Holy Door less than 6 days away, Pope Francis holds his weekly General Audience and begins the cycle of catechesis that will mark the entire Jubilee Year, ...

16/12/2024

New lighting system to illuminate Saint Peter’s Square for Jubilee

Acea Group and Archbishop Rino Fisichella present the new light architecture in Saint Peter’s Square and water facilities for pilgrims to be inaugurated for the Jubilee Year.

Pope Francis representatives of Italian banking institutions

16/12/2024

Pope to bankers: 'Invest in hope not in speculation and war'

Pope Francis addresses Italian Banking Institutes and reminds them of the ethical dimension of banking, challenging the financial sector to invest in development, not exploitation ...

13/12/2024

The Jubilees of the 20th century through the lens of the media

A series of docufilms entitled "I Giubilei Mediatici" (Media Jubilees) offers an original and previously unseen perspective on the Holy Years of the 20th century.

Liam Neeson in Martin Scorsese's "Silence"

13/12/2024

Jubilee Films for Pilgrims of Hope: 'Silence'

The 2016 historical drama directed by Martin Scorses with a star-studded cast is one of the movies chosen by Msgr Dario Viganò for the "Faces and Counterfaces of Hope" Jubilee ...

The Solemn Mass in Syracuse Cathedral for the Feast of Saint Lucy, on 13 December

13/12/2024

Pope: 'St. Lucy teaches us the virtue of compassion to build a more just society'

Pope Francis addresses a message to the Archdiocese of Syracuse in Sicily as it begins to celebrate a special year dedicate to St. Lucy, their Patron Saint, and says her ...

12/12/2024

Pope meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visits the Vatican, and discusses the need for a ceasefire in Gaza. Speaking to Vatican Media, he says that he asked the Pope to continue to ...

Pope Francis has asked Roman families to welcome young pilgrims as they travel to Rome for the Jubilee Year 2025

12/12/2024

Pope to Rome residents: Open your homes during this Jubilee year

Pope Francis sends a message to the people of Rome ahead of the Jubilee Year 2025, asking them to show hospitality to the many pilgrims that will be travelling to the Eternal City ...

12/12/2024

Catholics seeking to end US death penalty chart Jubilee course in God’s justice

Catholic Mobilizing Network charts a course for the 2025 Jubilee in response to Pope Francis’ call for the global Church to journey as Pilgrims of Hope.

12/12/2024

Pope’s World Day of Peace message: ‘We are all in debt to God’

In his message for the 58th World Day of Peace marked on 1 January, Pope Francis reflects on the central theme of the upcoming Jubilee of Hope and reiterates his pressing appeal ...

05/12/2024

Jubilee films for Pilgrims of Hope: 'La Chimera'

"La Chimera" directed by Alice Rohrwacher and released in 2023 is one of the movies selected by Vatican Official and film expert, Msgr Dario Viganò, to be part of the Dicastery of ...

Pope Francis holds an audience with the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

04/12/2024

Pope: Jubilee a chance ‘to take stock of our lives’

Pope Francis invites Catholics to live the 2025 Jubilee of Hope as a special moment to open our hearts to Christ, as he meets with the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.

The Pope dedicates December to "pilgrims of hope"

03/12/2024

Pope’s December prayer intention: ‘For pilgrims of hope’

Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of December, and invites Christians to pray that each of us may become pilgrims of hope as a result of the 2025 Jubilee.

2024.12.02 Rito Recognitio Porta Santa Basilica Vaticana

03/12/2024

Jubilee: 'Recognitio' ceremony held in St. Peter’s Basilica

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, leads the "recognitio" ceremony to verify the integrity of the Holy Door, which was sealed at the end of the ...

03/12/2024

Advent homilies at the Vatican to be dedicated to theme of hope

The Advent homilies will be given in the Paul VI Hall on the three Fridays leading up to Christmas: 6th, 13th, and 20th December by the new Preacher of the Papal Household, ...

A displaced person due to the violence in Lebanon

02/12/2024

Pope: May Jubilee offer opportunity for ceasefire on all war fronts

Pope Francis writes the foreword to a book by Italian journalist Francesco Antonio Grana who covers the Vatican, entitled "Jubilee of Hope." The Pope writes: "I hope this time ...

02/12/2024

Fr. Patton in Bethlehem: ‘Don’t give up hope despite ongoing war’

At the beginning of Advent the Custos of the Holy Land brings a message of hope to the people of Bethlehem, in the West Bank, amid ongoing hardship and war.

2020.06.22 apertura della Porta Santa del Giubileo della Misericordia l'8 dicembre del 2015

02/12/2024

Jubilee of Hope: Holy Door opens on December 24

Only a few days remain until the opening of the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, marking the beginning of the Holy Year 2025.

Haitians flee homes from gang violence, in Port-au-Prince

30/11/2024

Haiti’s children: Trapped in violence but not forgotten

Haiti has plummeted into extreme poverty, leaving many parents too poor to feed their children. Out of desperation, these children are lured into gangs, which offer food and money, ...

A scene from the film "The Concert " directed by Radu Mihaileanu

29/11/2024

Jubilee Films for Pilgrims of Hope: 'The Concert'

Father Greg Apparcel, CSP, film critic, associate pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic American Parish in Rome, and the Paulist Fathers’ Procurator General to the Holy See, brings us ...

Inmates attend a lecture organized by the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

29/11/2024

Poland: Prisoners given 'ray of hope' from university lecture program

A Polish Catholic university provides "Open Prison Lectures" to aid the personal growth and transformation of inmates, fostering respect and hope through study.

Archbishop Fisichella presents the Jubilee tote bags initiative

28/11/2024

'Made in Prison' tote bag for Jubilee 2025 in support and solidarity with inmates

On December 26 Pope Francis will open a Holy Door in the Roman prison of Rebibbia, marking a historic moment in the history of Jubilee years. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, ...

File photo of Pope Francis opening Holy Door to inaugurate Jubilee Year

26/11/2024

Jubilee 2025: What it takes to be a pilgrim

As pilgrims prepare for the 2025 Jubilee, a priest, a tour guide and a theologian reflect on what the Holy Year means to them.

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy on December 8, 2015

25/11/2024

Pope Francis to open Holy Doors during Christmas liturgies

The Vatican releases the schedule for Pope Francis’ liturgies during the Christmas Season, which will see him open the Jubilee Holy Doors at St. Peter’s Basilica and Rome’s ...

22/11/2024

Jubilee Films for Pilgrims of Hope: 'One Life'

Father Greg Apparcel, CSP, film critic, associate pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic American Parish in Rome, and the Paulist Fathers’ Procurator General to the Holy See, brings us ...

Sr. ‘Mampheteli Clementine Sekantsi prepares food for those in need in Pietermaritzburg

22/11/2024

Celebrating 25 years of consecrated life in small ‘bites’

Sr. ‘Mampheteli Clementine Sekantsi, a missionary consecrated religious serving the poor in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, has raised funds to feed homeless people for 25 weeks in ...

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19/11/2024

Romea Strata: A new tradition of spiritual hospitality to pilgrims of hope

In preparation for the 2025 Jubilee Year, the Fabric of Saint Peter is set to launch the 'Romea Strata' guide and the Testimonium certificate, offering pilgrims a deep spiritual ...

Pope Francis during the audience with the members of Italian Youth Council

16/11/2024

Pope to young Italians: ‘Don’t retire from life, keep dreaming!’

Addressing members of Italian Youth Council, Pope Francis urges young people to be witnesses of hope and agents of change in society, by actively engaging in solidarity giving ...

15/11/2024

Pope asks the Church of Rome to help address housing crisis

Pope Francis sends a letter the clergy and religious orders ministering in the Diocese of Rome, inviting them to open their facilities or vacant apartments to homeless as ...

15/11/2024

Jubilee films for Pilgrims of Hope: 'The Gate of Heaven'

The first film chosen by Vatican Official and film expert, Msgr Dario Viganò, for the Dicastery of Evangelization's "Jubilee is Culture" initiative, is Vittorio De Sica's 1945 "La ...

2024.11.11 Delegazione di Tecnici e Partners della Fabbrica di San Pietro

11/11/2024

AI offers pilgrims and visitors enhanced experience of St. Peter's Basilica

A partnership between the Vatican and Microsoft gives life to a new digital portal that aims to bring St. Peter’s Basilica closer to the global audience and enhance the experience ...

06/11/2024

Pope Francis: Hope is a gift and duty for every Christian

Pope Francis writes that hope is a gift from God and a task that must be cultivated by all Christians, in the introduction to his new book, "Hope Is A Light In The Night," which ...

Pope Francis at Mass on Palm Sunday on March 24, 2024 (file photo)

06/11/2024

Pope Francis: Faith is a journey that leads us to God

Pope Francis writes the introduction for his new book entitled “Faith Is A Journey,” released by the Vatican Publishing House (LEV) on November 6, which contains excerpts of ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle speaks to Vatican News about the importance of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

05/11/2024

Cardinal Tagle: Placing the heart at the center of the Jubilee

Following the publication of the Pope's new encyclical, ‘Dilexit nos’, the Pro-Prefect for the Dicastery for Evangelization tells Vatican News how the heart of Jesus is an ...

Pope Francis encounters members of Catholic Action's Education Movement

31/10/2024

Pope Francis: Educate with love and the gaze of Jesus

Pope Francis calls for lovingly educating with Christ's gaze, during his audience in the Vatican with Catholic Action's 11th National Congress of its Educational Commitment ...

Rare icons from the Vatican Museums and a concert from one of the oldest orchestras will countdown to the opening of the Jubilee.

28/10/2024

Concerts and art exhibits mark countdown to opening of Jubilee

Before the Holy Door opens on December 24, Rome will be full of concerts and art exhibitions, including one with rare icons from the Vatican Museums and a concert by one of the ...

An American flag flies behind razor wire

09/10/2024

US Catholic anti-death penalty movement marks 15 years at critical juncture

Catholic Mobilizing Network, the leading Catholic anti-death penalty advocacy organization in the United States, marks 15 years of advancements, and reports on the momentum that ...

Pope Francis receives members of the "International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS) Pax Romana"

20/09/2024

Pope Francis: 'We are called to deeper union with Christ'

Pope Francis meets with members of the International Movement of Catholic Students—Pax Romana, and calls on them to always draw closer to the Lord Jesus, so that His grace may ...

Pope Francis prays with the "Pasqua Together 2025" group

19/09/2024

Pope Francis: Easter belongs to Christ, not our calendars

As all Christians prepare to celebrate Easter together in 2025, Pope Francis recalls that the preeminent Christian celebration belongs to Christ and not to our earthly calendars or ...

10/09/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 16: Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica

03/09/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 15: The Colosseum

27/08/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 14: The Spanish Steps

Archbishop Rino Fisichella at the Rimini Meeting speaks about the forthcoming Jubilee

23/08/2024

Archbishop Fisichella: Jubilee a ‘path of hope’ in troubled times

The pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, explains the importance of hope in the upcoming Jubilee Year and how indulgence is God's ...

Participants to the Training of Trainers program for Diocesan Contact Persons pose for the camera at the Gianodaya New Pastoral Centre in Jalandhar. Photo by Catholic Connect

22/08/2024

Training program launched for Jubilee 2025 celebrations in India

The Catholic Church in India conducted a training program aimed at preparing Diocesan Contact Persons (DCPs) for the Jubilee 2025 celebrations.

ACWECA President, Sr Rosalia Sakayombo, SHS, addressing the assembly in Malawi

20/08/2024

ACWECA Golden Jubilee celebrations begin in Lilongwe, Malawi

The president of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA), Sr. Rosalia Sakayombo, a Zambian Sister of the Holy Spirit, has challenged Catholic ...

20/08/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 13: The Madonnelle

13/08/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 12: Saint Paul Outside the Walls

08/08/2024

Vatican reveals theme for 2025 World Day of Peace

“Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace” is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the next “World Day of Peace," held on January 1, 2025.

06/08/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 11: Saint Teresa in Ecstasy

Pope Francis opened the Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica for the Jubilee of Mercy on December 8, 2015

01/08/2024

Vatican issues clarification on Holy Doors during 2025 Jubilee

The Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization issues a clarifying note regarding the 2025 Jubilee, specifying that Holy Doors will only be open at the four Papal Basilicas in Rome and ...

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão (center) at the release ceremony of the first four volumes of “Guidance of Prayer for the Holy Year 2025” on July 29, 2024, at the Archbishop's House in Panjim, Goa. Photo by Catholic Connect

30/07/2024

Catholic Church in India releases prayer guide book for Holy Year 2025

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, President of the Catholic Conference of Bishops of India, releases the first four volumes of the series, “Guidance of Prayer for the Holy Year 2025,” ...

30/07/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 10: St. John Lateran

24/07/2024

African faith leaders join pleas for Jubilee debt forgiveness

Christian and Muslim African religious leaders address a joint statement to the G20, G7, United Nations, IMF and World Bank calling for debt relief for Africa in view of the 2025 ...

23/07/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 9: The Good Shepherd

16/07/2024

The world’s oldest Marian sanctuary

The Basilica of Saint Mary Major on the Esquiline Hill preserves the relics of the manger of Bethlehem. It is also the place in Rome most visited by Pope Francis: the ancient icon ...

16/07/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 8: Rome’s Obelisks

05/07/2024

Hidden wonders: Archaeological finds on Vatican Radio's doorstep

Excavation work right in front of Vatican Radio’s main entrance continues with the dismantling of imperial-era fullonicas (ancient laundries), recently discovered during ...

Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) Board members

05/07/2024

Religious women in Africa prepare to celebrate golden jubilee of their association

Malawi’s religious women will host golden celebrations of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) from 19 August to 24 August 2024 in Lilongwe, ...

02/07/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 6: The Pantheon

02/07/2024

Mozambique: Beira Theological Week reflects on Jubilee 2025

The Nazareth Formation Centre in Beira (Central Mozambique) recently hosted the XXVIII Theological Week, with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope” in light of Pope Francis’s call for the ...

Pope Francis presides at Mass for the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul

29/06/2024

Pope: We need the Lord to open the doors of our hearts

Pope Francis reflects on the image of ‘doors’ in his homily for the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul.

Pope Francis with the Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

28/06/2024

Pope hopes to visit Türkiye for anniversary of Council of Nicea

In remarks to a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Pope Francis expresses his hopes of travelling to Türkiye in 2025 to celebrate the 1,700th ...

25/06/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 5: The Calling of Saint Matthew

2024.05.19 Domenica di Pentecoste - Santa Messa

18/06/2024

On Peter's tomb

For a long time, the whereabouts of the Apostle's ancient burial place had been lost. Then, with the excavations, encouraged first by Pope Pius XII and then by Paul VI, his tomb ...

At least three people were injured in overnight drone attack in Kharkiv

11/06/2024

Ukrainian priest: We are tired and losing hope

Fr Roman Ostrovskyy, Vice-Rector of the Greek Catholic seminary in Kyiv, expresses the sense of downtroddenness felt by Ukrainians in this third year of the conflict in their ...

File photo of Pope Francis opening the Holy Door at the beginning of the Jubilee of Mercy in December 2015

11/06/2024

'From Tourist to Pilgrim': Let yourself be transformed!

As we prepare to live and celebrate the 2025 Jubilee Year, Vatican Media presents a 16-episode series of podcasts entitled “From Tourist to Pilgrim” featuring art historian Liz ...

Pope Francis and the Mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, admire the Roman Forum from the Capitoline Hill

10/06/2024

Pope: May Rome be its most welcoming, hospitable, and generous during Jubilee

Pope Francis addresses the Mayor of Rome and the city administration as it prepares to host the 2025 Jubilee. Highlighting how the Jubilee spirit is one of inclusion of the last in ...

A cashier checks Indian rupee notes inside a room at a fuel station in Ahmedabad

05/06/2024

Pope: Jubilee Year an occasion to cancel foreign debt

Speaking to participants in a Vatican conference on debt in the Global South, Pope Francis says that the upcoming Jubilee Year is an opportunity to cancel or reduce debt owed by ...

04/06/2024

From Tourist to Pilgrim - Ep. 2: Saint Mary Major

Memorial to victims of the Soviet regime, in Tallinn

03/06/2024

Estonia: Catholic cententary a chance to celebrate triumph of martyrs

As the Apostolic Administration of Estonia prepares to celebrate its centenary this year, Bishop Philippe Jourdan recalls the challenges his flock endured over several decades of ...

Pope Francis meets young Catholics at Rome's Parish of Saint Bernadette di Soubirous

24/05/2024

Pope Francis tells youth in Rome to be true to themselves

Pope Francis meets with some 80 boys and girls of a Rome parish who are preparing to celebrate the Jubilee Year and chats with them about their life of faith and prayer.

Participants at the International Congress on Youth Ministry, 23.05.24

24/05/2024

Catholic youth ministers meet near Rome to prepare for WYD 2027

The International Congress on Youth Ministry, organised by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life, is taking place near Rome at a crossroads between World Youth Day in ...

21/05/2024

Cote d’Ivoire: Consecrated persons begin preparations for the Jubilee Year 2025

The Conference of Religious Major Superiors in Cote d'Ivoire (CSM-CI) recently inaugurated the start of preparations for the Jubilee Year 2025 celebrations for consecrated persons ...

Pilgrimage destination: Saint Peter's Basilica

13/05/2024

‘A Jubilee grace’: Vatican announces Holy Year Indulgence

Following the solemn indiction of the Jubilee 2025 by Pope Francis last week, the Apostolic Penitentiary has published a Decree that provides the details for the Indulgences that ...

Pope Francis contemplates the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica

09/05/2024

Pope: May the Jubilee be a time to rediscover, proclaim, build hope

Pope Francis calls Christians to be builders of hope as he celebrates Vespers after presiding at the ceremony to officially proclaim the Jubilee of 2025.

Pope Francis at the solemn proclamation of the Bull of Indiction of the 2025 Jubilee

09/05/2024

Pope proclaims Jubilee: ‘May hope fill our days!’

At a ceremony in St Peter’s Basilica on Ascension Thursday, Pope Francis solemnly proclaims the upcoming Jubilee Year 2025, consigning the Bull of Indiction – “Spes non confundit. ...

2024.04.23 Bonifacio VIII annuncia il giubileo del 1300

25/04/2024

The origins of the Christian Jubilee

We learn how the Christian Jubilee came to be, through the proclamation of the Holy Year 1300 by Pope Boniface VIII.

2024.04.08 Yobel Shofar verso il Giubileo

09/04/2024

The Jobel at the origins of the Jubilee

The Shofar, a ram's horn used in the Jewish tradition to announce the beginning of some sacred festivals, is at the root of the word "Jubilee."

Press conference at the Holy See Press Office to present "Jubilee is culture"

04/04/2024

Harmonies of faith: a cultural journey within the Jubilee of Hope

The Dicastery for Evangelization presents a host of cultural initiatives that will accompany the faithful as they prepare to welcome and celebrate the 2025 Jubilee Year.

Pope Francis blesses a Missionary of Charity in Mongolia

19/03/2024

Pope’s Vocations Day message: ‘Pilgrims of hope, builders of peace’

Pope Francis releases his message for the 61st World Day of Prayer for Vocations, celebrated on April 21, and urges Christians to welcome our shared vocation to sow the seeds of ...

Pope Francis addresses members of the Dicastery for Evangelization

15/03/2024

Pope: 'May the Jubilee help the people of God live in hope'

Addressing members of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Pope Francis reflects on the 2025 Jubilee of Hope and calls for a new approach to evangelization and the promotion a ...

14/03/2024

Bambino Gesù Hospital to celebrate 100th anniversary with Pope Francis

Over 3,000 employees from the six campuses of the Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospital, together with patients and their families, are set to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its ...

Cover image for "From Tourist to Pilgrim"

22/02/2024

Papal Basilicas launch ‘From Tourist to Pilgrim’ minisite as Jubilee guide

The four Papal Basilicas and the Dicastery for Communication team up to launch a new minisite to serve as a spiritual and artistic guide to the Basilicas and help the faithful turn ...

"Teach us to Pray": new booklet for the Year of Prayer from the Dicastery for Evangelization

21/02/2024

Dicastery for Evangelization offers resource for Year of Prayer

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization releases “Teach Us To Pray", a guide book on prayer for Christians, as the Church prepares to celebrate the 2025 Jubilee.

05/02/2024

Paris Archbishop unveils celebrations for Notre Dame Cathedral reopening

Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris presents several initiatives for the reopening of the Cathedral of Notre Dame on December 8, 2024, including an inaugural triduum and an octave ...

Holy Mass on the World Day of Consecrated Life

02/02/2024

Pope urges Consecrated men and women to make room for God’s action

Pope Francis celebrates Mass on the World Day for Consecrated Life highlighting the importance of perseverance and asking for the courage to make room for God’s action.

02/02/2024

Laudato si' Centre for Higher Education: A Jubilee year of commitment

Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, the Laudato si' Centre for Higher Education announces their two-phase project to implement a true ecological conversion.

30/01/2024

Cardinal De Aviz: Consecrated people walking together towards the 2025 Jubilee

The Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life speaks to Vatican News about the upcoming meeting in Rome gathering consecrated ...

Pope Francis holds his hands in prayer at a weekly General Audience

23/01/2024

Year of Prayer: Pope Francis to set up 'School of Prayer'

As the Year of Prayer gets underway, the Prefect and Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelisation explain its purpose as helping Catholics prepare for the 2025 Jubilee, ...

Pope Francis has announced a Year of Prayer, beginning today, to prepare the Church for the upcoming Jubilee

21/01/2024

Pope announces Year of Prayer leading up to Jubilee

At the Angelus, Pope Francis announces a “Year of Prayer” ahead of the upcoming Jubilee, and invites the faithful to pray for Christian unity and for peace throughout the world. ...

03/01/2024

Calcutta Archdiocese gives a new look to Jubilee Holy Door

The Archdiocese of Calcutta, in eastern India, renovates the Holy Door ahead of the Jubilee Year 2025.

Diocese of Sunyani in Ghana celebrates triple milestone.

27/11/2023

Ghana: Catholic Diocese of Sunyani celebrates three Anniversaries.

The Catholic Diocese of Sunyani in the Bono Region of Ghana over the weekend celebrated three anniversaries: centenary anniversaries of Catholicism in the area, the Golden Jubilee ...

Celebration of Mass in Abu Dhabi for the opening of the Holy Door

09/11/2023

Abu Dhabi: Holy Door opened for Jubilee of Arabian Martyrs

Bishop Paolo Martinelli, the Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, presides over Mass for the opening of the Holy Door at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi, as part of the Jubilee ...

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