(RNS) — The hope of a new year is here as the Catholic Church enters the 2025 Jubilee, a yearlong period of forgiveness and mercy whose theme is taken from Romans 5: “Hope does not disappoint.” The ...

The Diocese of El Paso is celebrating the beginning of the Jubilee Year with a kickoff event and pilgrimage on Saturday, Jan.

Pope Francis encouraged those present to be “people on the journey” who always have the desire to continue, “always with the ...

Faithful walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday at the Vatican after it was opened by Pope Francis ...

"I therefore encourage the rulers of countries with a Christian tradition to set a good example by cancelling or reducing as ...

In his homily on New Year’s Day, Pope Francis insisted belief in the Divinity of Jesus Christ is central to Christian faith: ...

Pope Francis is bringing his Holy Year to Rome's main prison. Francis traveled to Rebibbia prison Thursday on a frigid ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory offers a prayer at the beginning of the Opening of the Jubilee Year Mass on Jan. 1, 2025 at the ...

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Every 25 years, the Pope declares a Jubilee Year. It is a special year in which there is forgiveness of sins and joyful celebration. It is a time to grow in faith with God. Pope Francis offered mass ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A week after inaugurating the Jubilee Year 2025, Pope Francis gave thanks for all the work that went ...

In his message for the World Day of Peace, Pope Francis lamented the "devastation" seen worldwide and "the conflicts that presently plague our human family." ...