Jubilee 2025 began on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s in Rome, and will conclude ... the practice of holy years in 1300, Jubilee 2025 is intended to ...

First Holy Door opened in prison since 1,300 ... Jubilee Year 2025, dedicated to the theme of hope, aims to welcome approximately 32 million pilgrims to Rome, marking a celebration for the ...

The Catholic Jubilee was formally established in 1300 when Pope Boniface VIII declared the first Holy Year. His proclamation invited the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome to receive a plenary ...

The ceremony inaugurated the once-every-25-year tradition of a Jubilee, in which the Catholic faithful make pilgrimages to Rome ... VIII called the first Holy Year in 1300, and in recent times ...

Italy expects 35 million pilgrims to visit Rome during the Catholic Church’s current “Holy Year” or “Jubilee” that runs through January 6, 2026. In modern times, Holy Years usually occur in 25-year ...

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years.

(SOUNDBITE OF KNOCKING ON DOOR) RASCOE: All this is to kick off a special Catholic event called a Jubilee ... first Holy Door on Christmas Eve, and he will open the main doors in the basilicas in ...

The jubilee, the first ordinary one since the Great ... Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard University, she has reported from news bureaus ...