The Jubilee Since the beginning of the jubilee, the shrine at Paray-le-Monial has seen a sharp increase in the number of visitors. “In 2023, we have identified 45,000 people [visiting].

Pope Francis has proclaimed a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, which began on Dec. 24, 2024, and will continue through ...

The Catholic Jubilee tradition was started by Pope Boniface VIII in the year 1300, without explicit reference to its biblical roots, at a time when throughout Christendom there was not only great ...

In 1343, Pope Clement VI decided the Jubilee would be celebrated every 50 years, while Pope Urban VI announced the Jubilee would also occur every 33 years to mark the lifespan and death of Christ.

All in all, it’s pretty much what one would expect, and largely tracks with similar events held 25 years ago during the Great Jubilee of 2000 under St. John Paul II.

The Catholic Church’s last ordinary Jubilee celebration, which took place in 2000, was deemed a "Great Jubilee" by then-Pope John Paul II, commemorating two millennia since the birth of Christ.

For the 2025 Jubilee, according to the Papal Bull issued by the Vatican, the Holy Doors are located at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City (to be opened on Christmas Eve), the Archbasilica of St ...

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.

The Jubilee of 2025 has for the first time included a specially designed path to introduce the crowds of pilgrims who will arrive to who... It is a tribute to the women who have made the Church great.

The crumbling of the doors would often cause injuries to bystanders, so Pope John Paul II decided in the Great Jubilee of 2000 that the popes would push the door open with their hands.

Opening the jubilee for the 350th anniversary of the Sacred Heart apparitions to St. Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, a Visitation nun, apostolic nuncio to France Archbishop Celestino Migliore presides ...

The Catholic Church’s last ordinary Jubilee celebration, which took place in 2000, was deemed a “Great Jubilee” by then-Pope John Paul II, commemorating two millennia since the birth of Christ.