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 ...

Thousands of Catholic faithful are expected to descend upon Rome in the coming weeks, as cardinals from around the world gather at the Vatican to elect a new pope. A new pontiff is expected to be ...

Tourists in Rome photograph St. Peter's Basilica in January 2025 during a Holy Year for the Vatican City. (Cain Burdeau/Courthouse News Service) ROME (CN) — Rome is more hectic than usual as the ...

Today, Pope Francis opens a Holy Door at the Church of St. Paul's outside the walls. It's a part of a process that began on Christmas Eve when he knocked on a Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica.

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” ...

Catholics are full of hope, and the positive feeling seems contagious. Friar Frank Grinko, a Capuchin Franciscan priest, said he has witnessed despair change to optimism, from the time people arrive ...

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 ...

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 ...