In today’s responsorial psalm, I saw these thoughts reflected: “Do not forget the works of the Lord! What we have heard and know, and what our fathers have declared to us, we will declare to the ...
In the Bible, a jubilee year was a time of forgiveness — both of sins and of debt — and restoring right relationships with God, with other people and with the earth. Cardinal Silvano Tomasi ...
The Blair County Prison Re-entry Coalition has discovered a potential destination for some of the local inmates it has been gearing up over the past several years to serve: an eastern ...
Pilgrims who visit Rome during the jubilee, a holy year celebrated every 25 years, will have the opportunity to receive a plenary indulgence by passing through the doors.
It’s not every day that something can celebrate 150 years in existence. Businesses come and go, many countries don’t even ...
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 ...
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. | AIGAV pool ...
Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.
In February 2025, the halls of the Vatican Museums will unveil a unique exhibition, “Jordan: Dawn of Christianity / Giordania: Alba del Cristianesimo,” a collection of 90 artefacts carefully curated ...
In an emotional ceremony on Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door, thus marking the Grand Opening of the Jubilee ...