Vatican: Diocesan Holy Doors will not be feature of Jubilee 2025
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – While bishops around the world are asked to designate their cathedrals or other significant churches as special places of pilgrimage and prayer...
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Vatican norms for Jubilee indulgence include pilgrimage, penance, service
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pilgrims passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica during the Holy Year 2025, going to confession, receiving Communion and praying...
Jubilee countdown: Preparations for 2025 Holy Year move into high gear
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – For more than 700 years, the Catholic Church has celebrated “jubilee” or “holy” years as special times to renew people’s faith and...
Vatican announces ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ as motto for Holy Year 2025
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis approved “Pilgrims of Hope” as the motto for the Holy Year 2025. The motto aims to give a concise sense of...
Pope asks for preparation for Holy Year 2025
By Cindy Wooden – Preparations for the Holy Year 2025 have already begun, and Pope Francis has asked the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation to take...
Ok, So What’s a Holy Year?
A holy Year as a time of spiritual renewal has its biblical roots in the jubilees observed by the Jewish people at 50-year intervals, when debts were...
What’s Behind the Holy Doors of Rome?
To launch the Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis will open the Holy Doors of Rome’s major basilicas. CAROL GLATZ looks at the meaning of this. The...
