YOUNGSTOWN — 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 ...

Editor: On May 9, 2024, the late Pope Francis declared 2025 to be a Jubilee Year of Hope. Francis followed in the footsteps of the popes of recent history who have declared a Jubilee year every 25 ...

A combination photo of St. Peter’s Basilica and the logo chosen by the Vatican for the Holy Year 2025. (OSV News photo/Massimiliano Migliorato, Catholic Press Photo) The Catholic Jubilee Year, ...

I like the high prow of the chariot, Can we still “chance the pilgrim sandals” during these final months of the 2025 Year of Jubilee? Called by Pope Francis with the theme “Peregrinantes in Spem” ...

Jubilee 2025 began on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s in Rome, and will conclude on Jan. 6, 2026, when that door of the Vatican basilica is closed. The theme of ...

A jubilee is one of the most significant events of the Catholic Church that occurs only every 25 years. With the beginning of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, there are many questions the faithful may ...

Thousands of Catholic faithful are expected to descend upon Rome in the coming weeks, as cardinals from around the world gather at the Vatican to elect a new pope. A new pontiff is expected to be ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- There was much to celebrate Monday during a special Mass held at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay. Not only did the Mass open the Jubilee Year of Hope, but it also served ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It is a rite seen only once every 25 years. Between Christmas Eve and Jan. 5, the Pope will open a series of holy doors in the Vatican and throughout Rome, signifying the start of a ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a solemn ceremony on Tuesday morning (Jan. 6), the Feast of the Epiphany, Pope Leo XIV will close the last Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark the end of the Jubilee Year ...