The Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian naval ship named after the 15th-century explorer that inspired the name “America,” has been designated a 2025 Jubilee church. Archbishop Santo Marcianò of the ...

On Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, the Jubilee Year 2025 officially began after the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica by Pope Francis, moments before the celebration of the traditional ...

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 ...

This may be the year to skip Rome—or Italy entirely. The Roman Catholic Church is celebrating a jubilee year, a roughly yearlong tradition dating to the early 14th century. During jubilees ...

Jesus and the Jubilee, written by biblical scholar John Bergsma, is a well-timed book coinciding with the start of the 2025 Jubilee on the theme of hope. The new Jubilee is a yearlong season of ...

Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2024, officially launching the Jubilee Year 2025. (photo: Vatican Media) Hannah Brockhaus/CNA ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pope Francis will officially inaugurate the Jubilee on Christmas Eve at 7pm, when he pushes open the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. Over 30 million pilgrims expected in Rome for the Jubilee ...

Pope Francis will mark Christmas Eve on Tuesday with a special ceremony launching Jubilee 2025, a year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome. The 88-year-old ...

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 ...