FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — When Jason Whitehead first saw the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee mascot, Luce, it “was a bit of a surprise,” he said.

Shout with exultation, O city of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel!" The word Gaudete is the present passive imperative of the Latin verb gaudere, meaning “to rejoice.” ...

Kenosha area Catholic churches will be offering daily prayer events in January as part of the 2025 Novena for Life observance.

Polish Catholics and Jews come together at the Catholic University of Lublin to celebrate the Jewish Feast of Lights, ...

Pope Francis on December 24 inaugurated the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome. One of the symbolic images of every Jubilee is ...

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From the Magdeburg Christmas market attack, conflict in the Middle East, the Russian-Ukrainian war and Christmas celebrations ...

"Do not lose hope. 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 ...

ROME — Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special “Holy Door” for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the first such ...

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the first such ...

Pope Francis has opened a "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year at a prison, marking the first one opened at such an institution since the Jubilee tradition began in 1300. He celebrated the ...

Pope Francis has visited one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican says is the first such action by a ...