Jubilee Year 2025

The message, “More than Wi-Fi or hashtags, today His Word connects us,” set the tone for the opening day of the Jubilee for Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers, as thousands of online evangelizers from around the world gathered in Rome to pray, reflect, and encounter one another as one Church, digitally connected, yet spiritually united.

A total of 1,078 young people from the Archdiocese of Seoul, South Korea, have traveled to Rome to participate in the Jubilee of Youth.

A bishop in the southern Philippines baptized 100 members of an indigenous community in the Diocese of Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte, on July 19.

As part of the Jubilee of People with Disabilities, the Church of Our Lady of Fatima in the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, organized a day-long pilgrimage for physically challenged parishioners on July 19.

For the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, a Jubilee event will be celebrated, dedicated specifically to Catholic influencers and digital missionaries. The landmark gathering will take place in Rome on July 28–29, 2025, coinciding with the opening of the Youth Jubilee during the Holy Year.

In a powerful show of community spirit, the Church in Bangladesh hosted a half-day seminar for lay leaders working with migrant communities at the Credit Union Centre in Modanpur, central Bangladesh, on July 11.

Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination with a solemn Thanksgiving Mass at St. Lucia’s Cathedral in Colombo on June 30.

On June 27, 2025, the vibrant city of Kohima witnessed the opening of the 5th Catholic Regional Youth Convention for the Northeast, inaugurated by India’s only Catholic Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma, at the Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, India.

The Philippines’ Manila Cathedral opened its doors to the employees of the Archdiocese of Manila Curia on June 26, 2025, in celebration of the Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila (RCAM) Curia.

To mark the Jubilee Year and celebrate the election of a new pope, the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Singapore has added a Jubilee Cross, a Jubilee Logo, and a banner to its structure.

Looking back on my pilgrimage over the years, I see a journey of grace, though once lost in darkness for over a decade, I was never without a guiding light. That light, ever present, led me forward.

During his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his catechetical series on the Jubilee theme “Christ our Hope,” reflecting on two miracles from the Gospel of Mark that reveal the healing power of faith in Jesus on June 25.

Pope Leo XIV welcomed more than 4,000 seminarians and formators from around the world to St. Peter’s Basilica for the Jubilee for Seminarians, delivering a heartfelt meditation centered on the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the vocation to the priesthood on June 24.

A group of priests and their bishop from the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh are attending the Jubilee for Priests in Rome.

As part of the Jubilee of Seminarians and Priests, the Dicastery for the Clergy will host an international event titled “Joyful Priests – I Have Called You Friends” (Jn 15:15) on Thursday, June 26, 2025, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Auditorium Conciliazione near the Vatican.

A delegation of priests from various parishes across the Archdiocese of Lahore, Pakistan, will attend the Jubilee for Priests in Rome on June 27.

During the Jubilee of Governments, Pope Leo XIV addressed members of the International Inter-Parliamentary Union, highlighting the enduring relevance of St. Thomas More as a model of political integrity and conscience on June 21.

During his Wednesday, June 18, General Audience in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV delivered a powerful reflection on hope, healing, and spiritual renewal, centered on the Gospel account of the paralytic at the pool of Bethesda.

At the heart of the Vatican on Trinity Sunday, Pope Leo XIV presided over a special Jubilee Mass for the world of sport, drawing athletes, coaches, and sports enthusiasts to St. Peter’s Basilica for a celebration that connected faith with physical movement, community, and hope.

Continuing the special Saturday, June 14, Jubilee audiences initiated by his predecessor, Pope Francis, Pope Leo XIV welcomed athletes and sports professionals to St. Peter’s Basilica for the Jubilee of Sport, inviting them to reflect on hope, unity, and the deeper meaning of athletic activity in Christian life.