Here are 10 things to know about the upcoming Jubilee Year.
10 things to know about Jubilee 2025, the Holy Year that begins Dec. 24
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, World News
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Catholics parents, adult children navigate the sadness of estrangement
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News
Familial strife has been around the days of Adam and Eve. But today, it increasingly seems to manifest itself in family estrangement. Catholic families aren’t immune to the heartbreaking phenomenon.
8 ways to celebrate Jubilee 2025 without leaving your diocese
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, World News
While numerous events are planned in Rome and at the Vatican to mark the Jubilee 2025, this Holy Year is for the whole church. Here are some ways to celebrate without traveling farther than your local cathedral.
Two women join Vatican council that implements synod, prepares next one
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News
For the first time, women will serve on the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod, the committee that oversees implementation of the most recent synod and prepares the next assembly.
Polish Catholics welcome new Warsaw archbishop’s ‘synodal commitment’
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News
When a new archbishop takes charge of Poland’s key Warsaw Archdiocese Dec. 14, his progress will be watched closely by those favoring change in the country’s Catholic Church.
Pope: Mary’s motherhood is the essence of Guadalupe
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, Vatican, World News
Reducing the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe to anything other than an expression of Mary’s universal motherhood diminishes the true essence of the iconic Marian devotion, Pope Francis said.
Mercy High School launches capital campaign
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools
Mercy High School, a North Baltimore all-girls Catholic secondary school, launched Dec. 12 a $10 million capital campaign, “The Spirit of Mercy: Advancing the Legacy of the Sisters of Mercy.”
In times of division, Our Lady of Guadalupe calls all to unity in Christ, bishops say
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OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, World News
At a time marked by division, several U.S. bishops wrote Dec. 11 that the patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, is “a powerful reminder that we are all called to be one in Christ Jesus, beginning from the moment of our conception.”
No sanctuary? Trump reportedly plans to reverse policy, permit ICE arrests at churches
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump plans to rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals, according to a report by NBC News.
Pro-life advocates grapple with Trump’s lack of clarity on abortion pills, next term’s policy
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House in January, activists on both sides of the abortion debate have been left to grapple with some lack of clarity from him on the issue.
Hope is an ‘active virtue’ that makes good things happen, pope says
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Catholic News Service
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The “most beautiful gift” the Catholic Church and its members can give the world is a reason to live with hope, Pope Francis said.
Bishops discuss immigration, abortion concerns ahead of incoming Trump administration
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OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
The church must continue to stand for the dignity of all human life under the incoming Trump administration. That was the message from Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chair of the bishops’ migration committee, and Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, the bishops’ new pro-life committee chair, who both spoke with OSV News at the U.S. bishops’ November meeting.
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