Pope Francis kicked off the first Saturday jubilee audience of 2025 by urging pilgrims to embrace hope as a divine strength that enables new beginnings, drawing inspiration from St. John the Baptist.

A new tour of the Vatican Gardens at the pope’s summer palace in Castel Gandolfo is opening in the spring for jubilee pilgrims who wish to escape the crowds in Rome for a day and immerse ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like a Jubilee, as the Vatican and Rome rush to put the final touches on preparations before Pope Francis will break open the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on ...

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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 ...

One of the jubilee projects is a walkway from Castel Sant'Angelo to St. Peter's Square. (Alessandro Penso for The Washington Post) Opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve ...

Jubilee Year 2025, themed “Pilgrims of Hope,” began Dec. 24, 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, and will conclude Jan. 6, 2026. This year of grace offers the ...

Amid security worries, millions of pilgrims are expected to descend upon Rome as a Jubilee Year of major Catholic celebrations happens throughout 2025. Here are the highlights. The unlocking of ...

Cindy Lee‘s Diamond Jubilee is one of 2024‘s most lauded albums (see where it hit on our list), but it has also been one of the hardest to listen to. Not on a musical level, of course ...

Pope Francis on Dec. 24 officially launched the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee Year, encouraging Christians to use the milestone occasion to dream of a "new world where peace and justice reign." "The ...

If you’ve been planning a trip to Rome in 2025, you may have come across news about the Jubilee. For the past year, Rome has been cleaning its fountains (much to the disappointment of recent ...

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 ...