The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven ...

This year is a jubilee year. Focusing on the theme “Pilgrims of Hope,” Pope Francis in the bull of indiction for the Jubilee Year, Spes Non Confundit (Hope Does Not Disappoint), calls ...

Bishops across the globe marked the opening of the 2025 Jubilee Year on December 29, 2024, with Masses celebrated in their cathedrals. The liturgies centred on the theme of hope, the cornerstone of ...

In the Catholic Church, a jubilee has a particular meaning. It is a special year of remission of sins, debts and universal pardon. It bestows special graces on those who participate with faith and ...

It is nothing in the likeness of the year of Jubilee commanded to the Jews (Lev.25; Deut.15).It has been said that there is no record of the Jews observing the prescribed Jubilee either.

He comes to us here in Plattsburgh, too.” Jubilee years were observed by Hebrews as chronicled in biblical scriptures. “Every 50 years was a jubilee,” Stitt said. “Everybody knows the ...

Above, Bishop Dennis Sullivan opens the 2025 Jubilee Year in the Diocese of Camden on Jan. 5 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Camden. Joining the bishop, clockwise from left: Coadjutor ...

Catholics across Canada welcomed Jubilee Year 2025 at churches and cathedrals nationwide with Masses celebrating the historic event as well as the Feast of the Holy Family. In Toronto, Catholics ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Coinciding with the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year, the Lunar New Year “can be a time of change and renewal” of faith, two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen said in a special ...

Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay. Not only did the Mass open the Jubilee Year of Hope, but it also served as an anniversary celebration marking Bishop David Ricken's episcopal ordination.

Coinciding with the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year, the Lunar New Year “can be a time of change and renewal” of faith, two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen said in a special message to Catholics from ...