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Jan 1, 2025 · The evening of Saturday 28 December marked the official beginning of the Jubilee Year in the Diocese of Beijing. Priests, nuns and numerous lay people gathered in front of the parvis of the Cathedral of Saint Saviour, where the Ordinary Bishop Joseph Li Shan and Coadjutor Bishop Matthew...

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Dec 31, 2024 · Cardinal Vincent Nichols gave this homily at Westminster Cathedral on 29 December 2024, at the Mass opening the Holy Year of Jubilee 2025.Today, we open this Year of Jubilee, the Holy Year 2025.The Church first declared a Holy …

Jan 11, 2025 · In his first Jubilee Audience on Saturday, Pope Francis described the Jubilee Year as a time for a new beginning, rooted in the transformative power of God's Kingdom, drawing on the example of John the Baptist, a "great prophet of …

Dec 29, 2024 · Archbishop Dermot Farrell delivered this homily today during Mass in Saint Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Archdiocese of Dublin for the launch of the 2025 Jubilee Year:"Jesus then went down with Mary and Joseph, and came to Nazareth …

Jan 2, 2025 · Pope Francis marked the beginning of 2025 with the celebration of Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, the Most Holy Mother of God in St Peter's Basilica. In his homily, the Holy Father said that "like a Mother," Mary points us to her …

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Jan 23, 2025 · Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa made the invitation in a video message recorded from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. He was joined by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr Francesco Patton, in inviting Christians to make plans to visit the Holy Land on pilgrimage in the near future.

Dec 27, 2024 · Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Church who lives "as a pilgrim and guest" (1 Pt. 2:11; Heb. 11:13) in the Holy Land, may the Lord give you peace! Pope Francis, in keeping with an age-old tradition, proclaimed 2025 a Holy Year, a year of special forgiveness and mercy from God, and December 24 last he opened the Holy Door at St Peter's in Rome to begin this Jubilee. As Ordinaries of the Holy ...