2025 Is a year of Jubilee in the Catholic Church

A Jubilee, or Holy Year, has been celebrated in the Catholic Church since the year 1300, in recent times every twenty-five years. It is an invitation for a special encounter with Jesus, the “door” of our salvation. The theme of Jubilee 2025 is Hope: the hope that comes from knowing we are loved by God, the hope we can bring to those in most need, and the hope we can bring to our common home, the earth.

The Holy Year is an opportunity to offer “signs of hope” to our world: hope for peace, hope for the transmission of life, hope for those who are in prison, hope for the sick, for the young, for migrants, for the elderly, for those who are poor. The goods of the earth “are not destined for a privileged few, but for everyone”. No one should go without what they need for a dignified life, no one should live without hope.