A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here’s what you need to …
5 days ago · VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security fears following a Christmas market attack in Germany.. At the start of Christmas Eve Mass, Francis will push open the Holy Door on St. Peter’s Basilica, which will stay open throughout the year to ...
Pope Francis launches Jubilee 2025 with opening of Holy Door
4 days ago · Vatican City, Dec 24, 2024 / 14:10 pm. Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, officially launching the Jubilee Year 2025.
Pope Francis kicks off a yearlong Jubilee that will test his stamina ...
3 days ago · Pope Francis, third from left, celebrates a Christmas Eve Mass on the day the Pope opens the Holy Door to mark the opening of the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, or Jubilee, in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Dec. 24, 2024.
Pope launches 2025 Jubilee Year with opening of Holy Door
2 days ago · Opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica has been a fixture of the Catholic Church's celebration of jubilee years since the Holy Year 1450, the Vatican said. Pope Francis chose "Pilgrims of Hope" as the theme for the Holy Year 2025, which began Dec. 24 and will run through Jan. 6, 2026.
Pope Francis opens Holy Door inaugurating 2025 Jubilee - Vatican News
As Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of Saint Peter's Basilica, the evening of 24 December 2024, he ushered in the widely-anticipated 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope. With the liturgical gesture of the Door's opening at the start of the Christmas Mass during the Night, as explained in the papal bull for the Jubilee Spes non confundit , the Pope ...
Inside the prison as Pope Francis opens the Jubilee Holy Door
2 days ago · Pope Francis launches Jubilee 2025 with opening of Holy Door Dec 24, 2024. The 88-year-old Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, officially ...
Pope Francis kicks off yearlong Jubilee that will test his ... - PBS
3 days ago · VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a test ...
Pope opens Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, launching 'Jubilee of ...
4 days ago · Opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica has been a fixture of the Catholic Church's celebration of jubilee years since the Holy Year 1450, the Vatican said. ... Catholic News Service has been providing complete, in-depth coverage of the popes and the Vatican for more than 70 years. CNS Rome continues to be your fair, faithful and informed ...
Pope opens 2025 Jubilee dreaming of 'new world where peace …
3 days ago · 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."
10 things to know about Jubilee 2025, the Holy Year that begins …
Dec 15, 2024 · The theme of the Holy Year is “Pilgrims of Hope.” The papal bull, issued May 9, that introduced the coming Jubilee Year is titled “Spes Non Confundit,” or “Hope does not disappoint,” drawn from Romans 5:5. “Everyone knows what it is to hope,” Pope Francis wrote.