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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 ...
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?
Local Catholics can celebrate the Jubilee Year and a local church’s 125th anniversary at Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church ...
In the Bible, a jubilee year was a time of forgiveness — both of sins and of debt — and restoring right relationships with God, with other people and with the earth.
The Vatican announced that, for the 2025 Jubilee year — the Jubilee of Hope — five “Holy Doors” will be opened, beginning on Christmas Eve, as Pope Francis opens the Holy Door at the ...
Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.
In the Bible, the Jubilee is described in the Book of Leviticus as a year in which slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would be forgiven, and God's mercy would manifest.
St. Joseph Cathedral, 401 Main St., Baton Rouge, will observe the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity during Holy Masses at 4 ...
A Year of Jubilee is the theme of this year’s March of Prayer in Mansfield and the surrounding area, with 31 nights of prayer services, 6-8 p.m., each in a different location.
However, the upside of the Jubilee isn't so easy to fathom for many Romans. If anything, it adds to noxious trends: A proliferation of short-term rentals pushing up rents, ever more mass tourism and ...