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 ...

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 ...

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

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 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 ...

Truly, this is a remarkable gift from God! A Jubilee Year is a profound source of grace and mercy for Catholics worldwide. It is a time of reconciliation with God and neighbor, a time to perform ...