The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days ...

Pope Francis has proclaimed a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, which began on Dec. 24, 2024, and will continue through Jan. 6, 2026. But what is a Jubilee, and what is this year’s about? The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Visitors walk through the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome on Jan. 5, 2025, after its ceremonial opening by U.S. Cardinal James M. Harvey, archpriest of the basilica.

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.

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 ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The Catholic Church is in the middle of what is called a Jubilee Year. Bishop Robert Marshall and Deacon Richard Mitchell, with the Diocese of Alexandria, are promoting this ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about ...