A short history of an ancient tradition: The jubilee year March 20, 2025By Sister Amanda Marie Detry Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025 These sacred years remind us that humanity, history and time do not merely belong to God; they have been taken up into God in the person of Jesus Christ.
U.S. Holy Year pilgrims add pope to their list of prayer intentions March 17, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Hundreds of pilgrims from the United States gathered for Mass at the majestic Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica with two main intentions in mind: the health of Pope Francis and the needs of their loved ones at home.
Shroud of Turin to be digitally showcased during Holy Year March 17, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News The Shroud of Turin, one of Catholicism’s most valued devotional items, will be digitally showcased during the Holy Year 2025, allowing visitors to engage with the revered relic like never before.
What is a Holy Door and where can I find one? March 17, 2025By Sister Regina Frances Dick OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025 Even if one cannot physically make a pilgrimage to the sacred places that the church sets aside, every Catholic can experience the indulgence of God’s grace by entering the holy doors of one’s own parish “home” and being intentional about receiving the sacraments.
Resources for 2025 Jubilee Year March 13, 2025By Sister Neville Christine Forchap OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025 Pope Francis has invited us to embark on a journey, a pilgrimage of hope, during this jubilee year. It is a call to walk together and become witnesses to an anxious world that God is faithful to us, and our hope in God will not disappoint.
What is a jubilee? March 10, 2025By Father James Goodwin OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025 The roots of a jubilee year are found in Scripture. As described in Leviticus 25, every 50th year was to be celebrated as a jubilee year in which all debt was forgiven, slaves were freed and their ancestral lands could be reclaimed.
Pope calls artists to be ‘custodians of the beatitudes’ during Jubilee February 17, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Artists and cultural figures must be “custodians of the beatitudes,” embracing their vocation to create beauty, reveal truth and inspire hope in a troubled world, Pope Francis wrote to people participating in the Jubilee for Artists and the World of Culture.
Basilicas, churches and shrines across U.S. are Jubilee 2025 pilgrimage sites February 17, 2025By Jack Figge OSV News Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, World News In the United States, bishops could designate churches, cathedrals, shrines, monasteries, or other religious locations as “jubilee pilgrimage sites.”
Pope: Vocation of military and police is to defend life, peace, justice February 10, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News Thanking members of the military and the police for their service, Pope Francis asked them to be on guard against seeing other people as enemies and instead dedicate their lives to defending life, peace and justice.
A hymn to human dignity February 10, 2025By Sister Constance Veit, L.S.P. Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Health Care, Jubilee 2025 Let’s get started and lend our voices to this symphony through our charity to the sick and the elderly on the World Day of the Sick!
Higher mission: Military, police recommit to faith during Jubilee February 7, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News A group of U.S. pilgrims who crossed the threshold of the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Mary Major Feb. 6 have traveled the world on the orders of superiors, but no one ordered them to make this trip and that made a huge difference, they said.
Warm welcome, hot tickets: Sisters help U.S. visitors see the pope February 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, World News After requesting tickets online before beginning their journeys, the visitors pick up their tickets at the office in Rome and receive clear information on when to get to the Vatican for the audience and what to bring or not bring — metal water bottles and rolling suitcases topping the no-no list.
