Bishop Joseph Shen Bin led the faithful in celebrating the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and the start of the Jubilee Year ...

In the wake of the Pope’s prison visit Dec. 26, the Register spoke with Catholic prison-ministry workers around the United ...

IT's a jubilee year, declared by the Catholic Church every quarter century with outpourings of divine mercy at pilgrimage ...

When we are tempted to lose hope, we must remember that it is not a feeling or an emotion but a virtue, says the bishop of ...

Dec. 29, St. Joseph the Worker Shrine had the honor to welcome Bishop Robert Hennessey. Bishop Hennessey presided over the 10 ...

The Vatican’s secretary of state called the gradual release of 553 prisoners in Cuba “a sign of great hope” at the beginning ...

These requirements include passing through the Holy Door, confessing, taking communion, praying and performing an act of piety, mercy or penance. For the Catholic Church, the Jubilee is the year ...

There have only been a handful of extraordinary jubilees since, the latest being the 2015-2016 Jubilee of Mercy called by Pope Francis. The Holy Year of 2025 is the 27th ordinary jubilee year of ...

The first Holy Year was called in 1300 ... Francis declared a special Jubilee in 2015-2016 dedicated to mercy and the next one planned is in 2033, to commemorate the anniversary of the crucifixion ...

The hope of a new year is here as the Catholic Church enters the 2025 Jubilee, a yearlong period of forgiveness and mercy whose theme is taken from Romans 5: "Hope does not disappoint." ...

The rite to open the Holy Door — sealed since the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy in 2016 — included ... Seated in his wheelchair, the 88-year-old Pope Francis leaned forward to knock on ...