A new pedestrian square and walkway connecting Rome’s historic center to the Vatican and renovations to the Trevi Fountain ...

In 2025, the Diocese of Youngstown will join the global Catholic Church in the celebration of a Year of Jubilee with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope.” Bishop David Bonnar kicked off the year of ...

On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, Pope Francis will open the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica. The first major event that will begin the ordinary Jubilee of 2025. In the photo, Pope Francis ...

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

Pope Francis called on Catholics to become “pilgrims of hope” in a BBC podcast on Friday, emphasizing that “hope and kindness ...

The entry of the jubilee cross into the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth on Dec. 29 marked the opening of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope in the Holy Land.

Francis, who turned 88 last week, went into the Christmas week and Jubilee launch with a cold that forced him to deliver his ...

In the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the jubilee cross that led the faithful into the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was from its dedication in 2002.

Marked by solemn processions and prayers for hope in troubled times, Archbishop Bernard Hebda presided over two opening ...

Bishop Robert Brennan ushered in the Jubilee Year by celebrating two Masses on Sunday, Dec. 29 — first at the Cathedral ...

The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who participate can obtain “indulgences” — the centuries-old feature of the ...

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Pope Francis’ vicar for the Diocese of Rome, described the event as “a gesture that renews our ...