2025 Jubilee year Archives

Pope Leo XIV begins the month of the Sacred Heart by praising marriage and family

Drawing on Pope Paul VI’s 'Humanae Vitae,' Pope Leo defined marriage as 'the measure of true love between a man and a woman: a love that is total, faithful and fruitful.'

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Jun 2, 2025

Philippine bishops to consecrate nation to Divine Mercy amid global and moral challenges

The consecration will take place during all Masses on April 27 as a 'collective response of faith and hope' to numerous challenges plaguing the Philippines and the entire world.

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Antonino Cambria

• Apr 14, 2025Apr 15, 2025

Updated: Pope Francis to host King Charles for ecumenical event at Vatican

King Charles III is due to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican in early April, where they will also participate in an ecumenical ceremony in the Sistine Chapel on the 'care for creation.'

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Mar 18, 2025Mar 25, 2025

Vatican cancels Pope Francis’ audience with Jubilee pilgrims as he remains in hospital

Despite a reported ‘slight improvement’ in his condition, Pope Francis will not attend a Jubilee Year audience this weekend, the Holy See announced, as his hospitalization continues.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent and David McLoone

• Feb 27, 2025Mar 1, 2025

Cardinal Zen criticizes Vatican jubilee mascot ‘Luce,’ calls for patron saint instead

Cardinal Joseph Zen criticized the Vatican’s anime-style Jubilee mascot ‘Luce,’ created by a company linked to pro-LGBT merchandise, as ‘something superstitious’ as he called for a greater focus on faith and the grace of the jubilee over commercial appeal.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jan 29, 2025Jan 29, 2025

Turn back to God this Jubilee Year with a retreat approved by Bishop Schneider

For decades now we have been told that we are the Church. It is time we began to act together for the Church. However, before we rise from the trenches to fight for Christ the King and the Church over which He reigns, we must make a tactical retreat.

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David Torkington

• Jan 3, 2025

Vatican quietly returns LGBT Jubilee ‘pilgrimage’ to official calendar

On September 6, a pilgrimage to the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica will take place for the 'Jonathan’s Tent' association and other groups. 'Tenda di Gionata' is one of the most prominent pro-LGBT 'Catholic' organizations in Italy.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Dec 18, 2024Dec 18, 2024

Pro-LGBT creator of Jubilee mascot ‘Luce’ unveils nativity scene for Vatican exhibition

The inclusion of Simone Legno’s nativity scene in the exhibition comes as a notable statement and appears as yet another snub to the concerns of numerous Catholics who expressed dismay at the Vatican’s Jubilee partnership with the LGBT advocate.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Dec 18, 2024

Pope Francis laments ‘ecological debt,’ repeats call for ‘elimination’ of death penalty

Pope Francis highlighted the three themes of the eradication of debt, the death penalty, and world hunger during his message for the 2025 World Day of Peace.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Dec 12, 2024

Vatican quietly removes listing for LGBT Jubilee ‘pilgrimage’ from calendar

After significant public attention to an LGBT-specific pilgrimage for the 2025 Jubilee, the Vatican has deleted the event from its online public calendar. LifeSite has asked the LGBT group behind the pilgrimage if it will still proceed.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Dec 11, 2024

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Pope Leo XIV begins the month of the Sacred Heart by praising marriage and family

Philippine bishops to consecrate nation to Divine Mercy amid global and moral challenges

Updated: Pope Francis to host King Charles for ecumenical event at Vatican

Vatican cancels Pope Francis’ audience with Jubilee pilgrims as he remains in hospital

Cardinal Zen criticizes Vatican jubilee mascot ‘Luce,’ calls for patron saint instead

Turn back to God this Jubilee Year with a retreat approved by Bishop Schneider

Vatican quietly returns LGBT Jubilee ‘pilgrimage’ to official calendar

Pro-LGBT creator of Jubilee mascot ‘Luce’ unveils nativity scene for Vatican exhibition

Pope Francis laments ‘ecological debt,’ repeats call for ‘elimination’ of death penalty

Vatican quietly removes listing for LGBT Jubilee ‘pilgrimage’ from calendar