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 ...

St. John Paul declared a special Marian year in 1987-1988 as a preparation for the Great Jubilee 2000, timed roughly to coincide with the 2,000th anniversary of when Mary herself would have been born.

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 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 ...

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.

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.

Tomorrow, December 24, 2024, with the opening of the first Holy Door, Pope Francis will inaugurate the Jubilee: a year of great significance for the Catholic Church, which celebrates (every 25 ...

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].