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Jubilee 2025
Torrential rains, looming deadline, don't deter last-minute pilgrims
With the last Holy Door closing to the public late evening Jan. 5, hundreds of pilgrims braved Rome's driving rain or chilling damp to get to St. Peter's Basilica before...
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Jubilee 2025
Christians must resist allure of power, serve humanity, pope says at end of Holy Year
Officially closing the Holy Year dedicated to hope, Pope Leo XIV criticized the way "a distorted economy" has tried to exploit and profit from everything, including the...
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Jubilee 2025
Vatican sees record number of visitors during Jubilee year, officials say
Vatican and Rome officials report that more than 33 million pilgrims from 185 countries visited the Eternal City for the Holy Year 2025, exceeding expectations.
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Jubilee 2025
As Holy Doors close, cardinals emphasize God's arms are always open
Pope Leo XIV will solemnly conclude the Jubilee Year Jan. 6 at St. Peter's Basilica, but the holy doors at the other papal basilicas of Rome were closed over the last few...
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Jubilee 2025
Pope assures the poor they are loved by God, calls on governments to act
On the World Day of the Poor, the culmination of the Jubilee of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with tens of thousands of people and joined more than 1,000 people...
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Jubilee 2025
Proclaiming the Gospel includes welcoming migrants, pope says at Jubilee
The special Jubilee of Migrants and Jubilee of the Missions were held at the Vatican on the same weekend, giving Pope Leo XIV an opportunity to talk about the connection...
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Jubilee 2025
One can't serve God and money, pope says on day he signs text on poverty
On the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Leo XIV signed his first apostolic exhortation, "Dilexi Te" ("I Have Loved You"), which speaks about poverty, and held a...
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Jubilee 2025
US pilgrims at Jubilee of Catechists have private audience with pope
A group of pilgrims from the United States had their own audience with Pope Leo XIV before joining thousands of other pilgrims in St. Peter's Square.
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Jubilee 2025
Pope tells catechists their love and witness can change lives
Pope Leo honored all those who share the faith, especially parents, and he formally installed in the ministry of catechist 39 men and women from 16 countries, including...
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Jubilee 2025
True justice promotes dignity, equality, forgiveness, pope tells judges
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. and judges, lawyers, court officials, canon lawyers and law professors from about 100 countries took part in the Jubilee of...
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Jubilee 2025
Jubilee event to honor modern martyrs as symbols of hope
The "new martyrs," Christians killed for their faith in the past 25 years, are clear signs of a solid hope in God and in eternal life, but before their deaths many of...
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Jubilee 2025
Finance experts launch report at Vatican on foreign debt relief
"Today, 3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health, and 2.1 billion live in countries that spend more on interest payments...
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Jubilee 2025
Holy Spirit fosters unity, peace, justice, pope says at Pentecost vigil
If people allow the Holy Spirit to draw them together, "the future will be less dark and discernment will be less complicated," Pope Leo XIV told members of Catholic lay...
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Jubilee 2025
Jubilee event combines popular piety, venerated statues and ancient ruins
Events for the Holy Year 2025 continue in Rome. The Jubilee of Confraternities held processions in Rome to share their devotion with residents and tourists alike.
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Jubilee 2025
At Jubilee of Teenagers, grief is mingled with joyful hope for church's future
Pope Francis was the only pope tens of thousands of young people ever really knew, and the special Jubilee he set up for them ended up being their opportunity to say...
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Jubilee 2025
In historic Assisi, pilgrims seek modern witness of holiness
As Blessed Carlo Acutis' canonization nears, young Catholics and families flock to Assisi to encounter the teen who brought the Gospel to the digital age.
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Jubilee 2025
U.S. Holy Year pilgrims add pope to their list of prayer intentions
Dioceses, parishes, schools, Catholic groups and individual continue to come to Rome as Jubilee pilgrims. They are missing the pope while he is in the hospital, but the...
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Jubilee 2025
Deacons are called to selflessness, men ordained at Jubilee Mass are told
During the Jubilee of Deacons at the Vatican 23 men from eight countries, including three from the United States, were ordained deacons in St. Peter's Basilica.
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Jubilee 2025
Pope calls artists to be 'custodians of the beatitudes' during Jubilee
Pope Francis wrote that artists have a mission to "give voice to the voiceless" and "transform pain into hope."
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Jubilee 2025
Pope: Vocation of military and police is to defend life, peace, justice
Members of the military and the police are called "to promote life, to save lives, to be a constant defender of life," Pope Francis told them at the end of their Jubilee...