Every January 1, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of St. Mary, Mother of God, one of the most significant feasts dedicated to the Virgin Mary. This date highlights Mary’s unique role as ...

(OSV News) — Bishops worldwide celebrated the opening of the 2025 Holy Year Dec. 29 with Masses in their cathedrals and co-cathedrals to mark the jubilee, which is themed “Pilgrims of Hope.” The ...

The Holy Family presents a profound portrait ... and readiness to obey God's will without hesitation. The Virgin Mary, the mother, is remembered for her few recorded words but, above all, for ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to ...

Pope Francis has opened a "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year at a prison, marking the first one opened at such an institution since the Jubilee tradition began in 1300. He celebrated the ...

It came as Christmas marked the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration that is expected to bring some 32 million Catholic faithful to Rome. "I invite every individual, and all people of all nations ...

SHAMOKIN — Mother Cabrini Church, much like other Catholic churches across the globe, is prepared to ring in the 2025 Holy Year this weekend. Parishioner and musician Dennis Bobber spent the ...

Children have a right to grow up in a family with a father and a mother capable of creating a ... they are open to life and raise children in the holy fear of the Lord. Add to this the principal ...

ROME, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican ...

After reciting a formal prayer before opening the prison's Holy Door Dec. 26, the pope took the microphone back to explain that he had inaugurated the Holy Year 2025 by opening the Holy Door of St.

VATICAN CITY-Pope Francis opened the “Holy Door” of St Peter’s Basilica ... including for “our mother earth, disfigured by profiteering” and “for the poorer countries burdened beneath ...