Jubilee Year of Hope

Pope Francis, in his message to the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, emphasized the need for ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI).

One of the most catastrophic earthquakes to strike the Himalayan region in a century occurred on January 7 in Dingri County and Shigatse, Tibet, with a magnitude of 6.8 (7.1 on the Richter scale), according to the Chinese Earthquake Networks Centre.

Since the beginning of Jubilee Year 2025 on December 24, over half a million pilgrims have passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Francis will lead special Jubilee Masses, alongside liturgies for major feasts, honoring the World of Communications and the Armed Forces, Police, and Security Personnel, according to the liturgical agenda released by the Vatican on January 8.

The archbishop of Kuala Lumpur has extended a warm invitation to “those who have drifted from the Church” so they would come back into the fold this Jubilee Year.

"Don’t lose hope despite life’s challenges," Cardinal Jose Advincula urged as he launched the yearlong Jubilee Year in the Archdiocese of Manila on Monday December 30.

The new Bishop of the Diocese of Cubao encouraged priests from all parishes to intensify the
administration of the Sacrament of Confession throughout the Jubilee Year 2025.

The Archdiocese of Imphal inaugurated the Jubilee Year 2025 on December 29, 2024 for the Kuki-Zo people in Lamka, Manipur, India.

Bishop Roberto Orendain Gaa, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novaliches, invited the people to continue moving forward together as pilgrims.

The archbishop of Seoul urged the faithful to spend the upcoming new year, which is a Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church, dreaming of “new beginnings.”

A 50-year-old Cross on Sunday leads the Jubilee Opening in the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan (AVC) and this will be brought to the pilgrim churches in the province during the year 2025, according to the AVC social media page.

The Holy Door of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major was officially opened on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, marking the beginning of the Jubilee Year.

On December 29, 2024, the Diocese of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, inaugurated the Jubilee Year 2025 under the guidance of Bishop Johannes Gorantla, OCD.

On December 29, 2024, Cardinal Anthony Poola, Archbishop of Hyderabad, inaugurated the Jubilee Year 2025 in the archdiocese during a solemn ceremony at Saint Joseph Cathedral, Gunfoundry, on the feast day of the Holy Family.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia urged the faithful to ‘collaborate for the common good’ of the country this Christmas season.

Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of Saint Peter's Basilica on the evening of December 24, 2024, officially inaugurating the highly anticipated 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.