The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days ...

It was a sweet surprise; Bishop David Ogudu, the leader (please, he said he is not the founder; that that honour belongs to Jesus the Christ, who called him as He founded and owns the church) of ...

Millions of people read the New Testament printed with the words of Jesus in red. Most people don't realize that this is a ...

Jubilee 2025 officially commenced on Christmas Eve when Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica saying, “This Christmas, at the beginning of the Jubilee Year, I invite ...

Plus, I was new to the serious study of the Bible, our faith ... ‘Opening the Holy Door’ which recounts the history and meaning of Jubilee in the Church asking “What does it mean?

Its roots lie in the biblical tradition of the Jubilee, described in the Book of Leviticus, where every 50th year was set aside as a time for freeing slaves, forgiving debts, and restoring properties, ...

connecting the biblical narrative to the current Jubilee Year. Pope Francis concluded with special greetings to English-speaking pilgrims, invoking God’s blessings of “wisdom, strength and ...

Faced with a slowdown in tourism from Italy and abroad, we can say that religious tourism, like the flow generated by the Jubilee, has always been deeply motivational in the past, meaning that it is ...

The opening of the Holy Door began with the ancient sound of a shofar, a ram’s horn historically used by the ancient Israelites to announce jubilee years, as recorded in the Bible. Credit ...

THE National Shrine and Parish of Mary Help of Christians in Parañaque is one of the declared Jubilee Pilgrim Churches in the Philippines. The Catholic Church has declared 2025 as a Jubilee year ...

Fifth and final Holy Door opens in Rome. The holy door at the Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls was opened on Sunday morning as part of solemn events to mark the start of the Vatican's Jubilee ...