Jubilee Year 2025

In a solemn ceremony marking the conclusion of the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025, Pope Leo XIV officially closed the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6, 2026.

The Jubilee Year of Hope officially concludes on January 6, 2026, with the Feast of the Epiphany. Yet its central message, especially the call for debt cancellation, remains urgent and deeply relevant, particularly for the island nation of Sri Lanka.

As part of the Jubilee Year celebrations, members of the St Gregory Choir from Singapore’s Cathedral of the Good Shepherd undertook a pilgrimage to the archdiocese of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, in October last year, combining prayer, worship, cultural immersion, and fraternity.

Religious men and women from across the Archdiocese of Semarang gathered at the Marian Shrine of Gua Maria Kerep Ambarawa, central Java, Indonesia for the closing celebration of the Jubilee Year, organized by IKHRAR MUPERKAS, the association of religious congregations under the Archdiocese’s Council of Religious Leaders.

As the Year of the Ordinary Jubilee 2025 drew to a close in the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, southwest India, Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa and Daman and President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CCBI), speaking to Radio Veritas Asia, described the Holy Year as “a gift of grace” that has deeply touched the lives of the faithful.

From cathedrals to parish churches across the country, the nine Catholic dioceses in Malaysia marked the close of the Jubilee Year 2025 on Sunday, December 28, through solemn Masses and thanksgiving celebrations.

As the fifth Archbishop of Cebu and the 25th bishop to lead the archdiocese, Alberto “Abet” Uy will long remember the days following his installation on September 30, 2025.

The Diocese of Miao, a young mission diocese in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, concluded the Jubilee Year 2025 with a solemn Mass followed by a grand Eucharistic procession on December 28, 2025.

The Ordinary Jubilee 2025 in the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, southwest India, unfolded as a lived experience of hope, communion, and renewal.

“If hope is to have a future, it must have a home,” the bishop emphasized. “And if hope is to endure, it must be nurtured.”

Thousands of Catholic faithful participated in the solemn closing ceremonies of the Jubilee Year in the Archdiocese of Imphal, northeast India, on 28 December, the last Sunday of the year.

The Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, western India, solemnly concluded the Year of the Jubilee on December 28, 2025, the Feast of the Holy Family, with a Eucharistic celebration at the Sé Cathedral, Old Goa.

The Catholic Church in Sikkim, northeast India, joyfully celebrated a Triple Jubilee on December 7, 2025, at Holy Cross School, Tadong, Gangtok, marking three significant milestones in faith and history.

Amidst the marble grandeur of Bernini’s colonnade and the ancient cobblestones of St. Peter’s Square, a silent dialogue is taking place. In Rome, where history is usually measured in centuries and stone, a new voice has arrived from the tropical highlands of Indonesia.

Christmas is more than a sacred birthday; it marks God's decisive entry into human history. When the Church celebrates Jesus' birth, it proclaims that hope has a human face in a world filled with uncertainty and fear.

The Holy See has officially released the schedule and liturgical details for the closing of the Holy Doors in Rome’s four major Papal Basilicas, marking the final stage of the 2025 Holy Year.

As the Jubilee Year 2025 draws to a close, the Church stands at a threshold. Guided by Pope Francis’ Jubilee Bull Spes non confundit, Hope Does Not Disappoint, Catholics around the world have spent the year opening Holy Doors, crossing spiritual thresholds, and rediscovering hope amid a wounded world.

The Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) Bengali Service celebrated its annual Listener Meet, RVA Day, and the Jubilee Year of the Birth of Jesus Christ with great joy and festivity on December 5 at the Archbishop T. A. Ganguly Hall in Luxmibazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

During the World Day of the Poor, the displaced and the forgotten, Pope Leo XIV shares a meal with 1,300 guests at the Vatican, urging the Church, especially in Asia, to make compassion a way of life.

The spirit of sportsmanship and faith came alive on November 14 at St. Mary’s Cathedral premises in Ramna, Dhaka, as the Jubilee Year and Archbishop Moses Memorial Football Tournament 2025 brought together Catholic youth from across Bangladesh.