(Holy See) First initiated by Pope Boniface VIII in 1300, the Jubilee is a special year in the life of the Catholic Church, also known as a Holy Year. It draws inspiration from Leviticus (25:10 ...

The Jubilee of 2025 was officially inaugurated. Over the next year, Catholics around the world are invited to receive a plenary indulgence by crossing the Holy Door of one of Rome’s four major ...

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Affected parishes include Mulajje, Katikamu, Nakasongola, and Nakaseke. Each parish typically holds at least one Mass on Sundays. This decision comes in anticipation of the launch of the Jubilee Year, ...

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Pope Francis has opened a "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year at a prison, marking the first one opened at such an institution since the Jubilee tradition began in 1300. He celebrated the ...

This is the message I wanted to give you. Do not lose hope." Francis opened the Catholic Holy Year, also known as a Jubilee, on Tuesday. A Catholic Jubilee is considered a time of peace ...

The Catholic Jubilee Year, established in 1300 by Pope Boniface VIII, is rooted in the Jewish tradition of releasing prisoners, forgiving debts, and restoring harmony every 50 years. During the ...

Vatican City, Holy See — Pope Francis opened the “Holy Door” of St Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than ...

The aim of the Jubilee, he said, is “to bring hope to the interminable, dreary days of prisoners, to the cold and dismal lodgings of the poor and to all those places desecrated by war and ...

The 88-year-old pontiff, his voice weak and using a wheelchair, formally launched the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee year at St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday. His chair pushed up to the massive ...

Yara Nardi/Reuters He made the remarks a day after the start of the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, which takes place every quarter century. On Tuesday evening ...