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Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Basilica on Aug. 13, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV: Evil is real but does not have the last word

Aug 13, 2025

By Kristina Millare

Continuing his jubilee catechesis on “Jesus Christ Our Hope,” the Holy Father continued his reflection on the Last Supper recorded... Read more

Pope Leo greets pilgrims during the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly on Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Italian government leads participants in Catholic Church’s jubilee this weekend

Jun 20, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Members of Italy’s local and national governments will be the main participants in events for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of... Read more

Former Archdiocese of Vancouver communications director Makani Marquis and Archbishop J. Michael Miller talk during their final interview together before Miller retires.

Outgoing Vancouver archbishop offers a parting call to hope

May 25, 2025

By The B.C. Catholic

Archbishop J. Michael Miller sat down for a series of interviews offering encouragement, reflection, and insight as he prepares to... Read more

Priests designated as “Missionaries of Mercy” gather for a special Mass in Rome on March 30, 2025. To date, approximately 1,250 priests have been commissioned by the Vatican to embrace the call in Misericordiae Vultus to be “living signs of the Father’s readiness to welcome those in search of his pardon.”

Jubilee of Hope: Missionaries of Mercy priests celebrate Mass in Rome

Mar 30, 2025

By Kristina Millare

The Mass for the Jubilee of Priests instituted as Missionaries of Mercy was celebrated on Sunday at the Basilica of... Read more

“24 Hours for the Lord” at the Church of St. Lawrence in Piscibus on March 13, 2016.

Young adults’ Eucharistic devotion the inspiration behind ‘24 Hours for the Lord’ event

Mar 27, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Now in its 12th year, the Church’s “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten initiative is believed to have been inspired... Read more

Father Raffaele Grimaldi, inspector general of chaplains in Italian prisons.

Prison is where ‘I learned to be a priest,’ chaplain says after 23 years of service

Mar 11, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Father Raffaele Grimaldi said the Holy Father knows “that those who have made mistakes need us to give them a... Read more

A woman receives ashes on the observance of Ash Wednesday at a church in Manila, Philippines, on March 5, 2025. The 40-day period of Lent begins for Catholics around the world on Ash Wednesday.

Pope Francis asks Christians to start Lent ‘full of hope’ in the footsteps of Jesus Christ

Mar 5, 2025

By Kristina Millare

In his prepared March 5 catechesis, the Holy Father spoke about the 12-year-old Jesus’ desire to live his mission as... Read more

The St. Louis Cathedral, the oldest Catholic cathedral in continual use in the United States, on April 9, 2020, in New Orleans.

Can’t make it to Rome? Here are the U.S. locations where you can get a jubilee indulgence

Feb 24, 2025

By Jonah McKeown, Courtney Mares

Here’s an interactive map that shows many of the pilgrimage sites that have been designated across the U.S. for the... Read more

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A jubilee spiritual reading list on Christian hope

Feb 22, 2025

By Courtney Mares

Whether you seek theological depth, poetic beauty, or reflections on hope in suffering, these 13 works provide a rich spiritual... Read more