(RNS) — The hope of a new year is here as the Catholic Church enters the 2025 Jubilee, a yearlong period of forgiveness and mercy whose theme is taken from Romans 5: “Hope does not disappoint.” ...

THE National Shrine and Parish of Mary Help of Christians in Parañaque is one of the declared Jubilee Pilgrim Churches in the Philippines. The Catholic Church has declared 2025 as a Jubilee year ...

Pilgrims who visit Rome during the jubilee, a holy year celebrated every 25 years, will have the opportunity to receive a plenary indulgence by passing through the doors. Pilgrims pass through ...

Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition. KUOW is Seattle ...

In his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis encouraged Christians to be “messengers of hope” in the jubilee year by saying “‘yes’ to life.” Umbrellas dotted St. Peter’s Square on the ...

An Orpington shoplifter spent her New Year’s Eve behind bars after she was jailed for assaulting a police officer. Louisa Deighton was dealt a 10-month prison sentence at Bromley Magistrates ...

As the transition of government duties was being prepared, President Akufo-Addo gave the incoming president-elect a tour of the Jubilee House and declared his unwavering support for him.

Fifth and final Holy Door opens in Rome. The holy door at the Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls was opened on Sunday morning as part of solemn events to mark the start of the Vatican's Jubilee ...

(SOUNDBITE OF KNOCKING ON DOOR) RASCOE: All this is to kick off a special Catholic event called a Jubilee year, a religious practice that dates back centuries. Millions of Catholic pilgrims are ...