Biblical scholar John Bergsma tells the Register, ‘the Church to this day is still about the ministry of Jubilee.’ ...

This is a very significant beginning,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the chief Vatican organizer of the Jubilee Year, said in a ...

People have the tradition to stay up and toast the new year, so we said, ‘Ok, let’s build on that,'” said the Rev. Joseph ...

With the commencement of the Holy Year, for the eighty-eight-year-old Pope Francis, it means taking on more work: this morning he inaugurated the second weekly general audience, which will be ...

For Catholics, New Year's Day isn't just the first day of the new year: It's a day of holy obligation.

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to ...

The Catholic Church’s celebration should attract millions of extra visitors to the Eternal City and beyond. Here’s how to ...

Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...