Jesus and the Jubilee, written by biblical scholar John Bergsma, is a well-timed book coinciding with the start of the 2025 Jubilee on the theme of hope. The new Jubilee is a yearlong season of ...

When they asked Jesus why he had come, he told them over and over again that he’d come to declare the kingdom of God. All the things that he said were about the kingdom. His parables were about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cardinal opens the Holy Door of the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome on Jan. 1, 2025, one of the events starting the ...

I like the high prow of the chariot, Can we still “chance the pilgrim sandals” during these final months of the 2025 Year of Jubilee? Called by Pope Francis with the theme “Peregrinantes in Spem” ...

The Diocese of Brooklyn marked the start of a year of celebration last weekend with two special masses and a procession through the streets of Brooklyn. Bishop Robert Brennan kicked off the Year of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It is a rite seen only once every 25 years. Between Christmas Eve and Jan. 5, the Pope will open a series of holy doors in the Vatican and throughout Rome, signifying the start of a ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Rushed preparations, soaring pilgrim numbers and underwhelming financial returns defined a Jubilee Year shaped by an unexpected papal transition. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a solemn ...