Being ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ in the Digital Landscape January 7, 2025By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025 With some determination and effort, these suggested practices can bring us a sense of hope as we journey every single day through the digital landscape.
Grow in hope, share it with others, cardinals says as he opens Holy Door January 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News During the Holy Year 2025, Catholics are called not only to grow in the virtue of hope, but also to share it with others, said U.S. Cardinal James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.
Pope preaches ‘very strong bond’ between adoration and service January 3, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News During the Holy Year 2025, Christians should deepen their spiritual lives through adoration and then transform their prayer into concrete acts of service, Pope Francis said.
Destination of Holy Year pilgrimage is encounter with Jesus, pope says January 3, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News When Catholics come to Rome for the Holy Year, their journey should have the specific goal of encountering and listening to Jesus, Pope Francis said.
In the Jubilee Year, feed the hungry, says Catholic charity January 2, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Social Justice, World News As the Jubilee Year picks up speed, the faithful must participate by sharing what we have with the disadvantaged, Catholic charity Mary’s Meals urged.
Mary, not technology, is world’s hope, cardinal says at Holy Door opening January 2, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Opening the Holy Door of the oldest Marian shrine in the Western world, Cardinal Rolando Makrickas prayed that the world would entrust itself to Mary, “the door to heaven.”
Hope and its enemies January 2, 2025By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025 As a new year begins, it’s natural to look to the future with a sense of hope. But for Catholics, the Holy Year 2025 presents a unique opportunity to explore and cultivate hope — and to examine what makes it so difficult to hold onto.
Change of heart key to Holy Year indulgence, Latin patriarch says in Nazareth December 30, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Jubilee 2025, News, World News An indulgence granted during the Jubilee Year is not just an occasion to “get something” but rather is a sign of the Holy Year, of the moment where the faithful must put themselves in front of God to discover the reality of oneself and see the need for forgiveness, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem said Dec. 29.
Radio Interview: Year-end 2024 with Archbishop Lori December 30, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, Local News, News, Radio Interview As we come to the end of 2024, Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty sits down with Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori to look at the year that is ending, which included the World Synod of Bishops, lots of activity around the Seek the City to Come initiative that reshapes ministry in Baltimore City with an emphasis on evangelizing communities, the upsurge in vocations and more. Archbishop Lori also looks ahead to 2025 and the celebration of the Jubilee Year of Hope.
Holy Door is symbol of God’s arms open to all, cardinal says December 30, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News A Holy Door is an image of God, who awaits the return of his children with open arms, said the archpriest of Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran.
Archbishop Lori opens local Jubilee Year with Mass at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen December 29, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, Local News, News Just five days after Pope Francis opened the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and inaugurated a yearlong Jubilee of Hope, Archbishop William E. Lori welcomed the Holy Year locally with a Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Dec. 29.
Don’t lose hope, pope says as he opens Holy Door at Rome prison December 27, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the church in Rome’s Rebibbia prison complex and walked over its threshold.
