Conclusion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy - Press Conference
With the closure of the Holy Door in Saint Peter’s Basilica, the...
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“Fridays of Mercy”: Meeting with priests who have left their priestly ministry
With the same secrecy with which he has acted in all of his previous “Fridays of Mercy”, today, as well, Pope Francis...
Press Release 3 November, 2016
The Jubilee of Mercy is already approaching its conclusion, but some particularly important events will punctuate this...
The Holy Father will celebrate Mass at the Roman cemetery of Prima Porta on 2 November.
On 2 November Pope Francis will celebrate Mass at the Roman cemetery of Prima Porta at 16:00, for All Soul’s...
Ennio Morricone for Pope Francis’ Jubilee Sign of Mercy
Oscar® Prize Winner Ennio Morricone will direct the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra and the National Academy of Saint...
Jubilee for Choirs in Rome
More than 10,000 people from around the world expected in Rome to participate in the Jubilee for Choirs from...
Fridays of Mercy: Pope Francis Visits the “Villaggio SOS Bambini”
The Holy Father continued his Jubilee practice of the “Fridays of Mercy” this month. This afternoon, Pope Francis went...
Press Release: Marian Jubilee
The Marian Jubilee from 7-9 October: Thousands of faithful present in Rome along with associations and movements...
Press Release: Jubilee for Catechists
Contemplating Mercy in Caravaggio’s painting, in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, which can be admired this...
Fridays of Mercy: Pope Francis visits two facilities at the service of life
Pope Francis continued the “Fridays of Mercy” this afternoon. Not many days after the canonization of Mother Teresa,...
Press Release from the Holy See Regarding the Jubilee for Apostolic Nuncios (15-17 September, 2016)
For the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, the Holy Father has called for a gathering for the Pontifical Representatives...
Info for the Marian Jubilee
“We cross the Holy Door of Mercy
with the certainty that the Virgin Mother accompanies us,
the Holy Mother of...
Press release: The Jubilee for Workers of Mercy and Volunteers about to start on Friday, 2 September
On Sunday, the Canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
To bring comfort through a visit to someone sick, to...
The celebration of the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy on the american Continent
Bogotá, Colombia, August 27-30,...
Press release: the Jubilee for volunteers with Pope Francis close to the victims and rescue workers of the earthquake in central Italy
The Celebration Planned for Saturday, September 3 at 20:00 has been Cancelled
In a time in which so many...
Fridays of Mercy – Pope Francis visits the young women received by the John XXIII Community
August’s Friday of Mercy saw Pope Francis go to a neighborhood in the peripheries of Rome, where he visited a...
Pope in Assisi: forgiveness can truly renew Church and world
Pope Francis made a private pilgrimage on Thursday to the Italian town of Assisi and spoke about the importance...
Fridays of Mercy – Pope Francis Visits Two Communities of Priests
Pope Francis continued the “Fridays of Mercy” with surprise visits to two communities dedicated to priests.
At 16:00 he...
Press Conference: 9th june 2016
We are returning from some particularly significant events in the Jubilee. In the past weeks, the “Jubilee for...
PRESS RELEASE: Jubilee for those who are ill and disabled
June 10th begins the Jubilee for those who are ill and disabled
A Festival open to all on Saturday the 11th
Mass...
PRESS RELEASE: Jubilee for Priests
Thousands of priests and seminarians gather in Rome on the occasion of the Jubilee for Priests
On...
Press Release: Jubilee for Deacons
PRESS RELEASE
From today until Sunday, May 29: the major Jubilee Event dedicated to permanent deacons
“The...
Fridays of Mercy
Today, May 13, at 5 p.m., Pope Francis visited the community “Il Chicco” as part of the Jubilee initiative “Fridays of...
The “Lamb of God” is available at the Pilgrim Information Center
The Lamb of God, symbol of comfort and hope, donated by Pope Francis to a delegation of ten people and then distributed...
Press Release: Prayer Vigil “To Dry the Tears”
PRESS RELEASE
Prayer Vigil “To Dry the Tears”
On May 5th, in Saint...
Press Release: Jubilee for Boys and Girls
PRESS RELEASE
For the first time ever, 60 thousand adolescents from around the world encounter Pope...
Press Release: Jubilee for those devoted to the Spirituality of Divine Mercy
From 1-3 April, one of the Major Jubilee Events: prayer, catechesis, and an audience with the Pope for those who follow...
The Pope will wash the feet of twelve guests of the reception centre in Castelnuovo di Porto Holy Thursday among refugees
On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis will spend time in Castelnuovo di Porto with young refugees who are hosted by the...
Press Release: 24 hours for the lord
Together with Pope Francis--24 hours in the whole world
to live the Mercy of God
The whole world will be...
Friday’s of Mercy
Pope Francis never ceases to amaze. His trip to Mexico was characterized by a strong and unequivocal...
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Jubilee for the Roman Curia
From Pope Francis’ homily: “The liturgical feast of the Chair of St Peter finds us gathered to celebrate the Jubilee of...
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Missionaries of Mercy Sent Out
From the Holy Father’s homily: “The Word of God, at the start of the Lenten journey, addresses two invitations to the...
Eucharistic Adoration with the Brothers of the Taizé Community
During Lent 2016
twice a day
(from 11 February to 19 March)
at noon and at 5pm
(from Monday to Saturday, except for...
Appraisal of the First Major Jubilee Event
Press Release
Appraisal of the First Major Jubilee Event
The visit to Rome of the relics of Saint Pio da...
Celebration of the Jubilee for Priests in Rome Spiritual Retreat given by Pope Francis
Celebration of the Jubilee for Priests in Rome
Spiritual Retreat given by Pope Francis
Priests and seminarians...
Press Conference
Press Conference
Vatican Press Office, January 29, 2016
It is has been almost two months now since Pope Francis...
Celebration of the Jubilee for Deacons in Rome
Deacons and their families from all around the world are invited to make a pilgrimage to Rome in order to participate...
Giubileo degli operatori dei pellegrinaggi
From the Holy Father’s homily: «I cordially welcome all of you, workers of the pilgrimages to the shrines. Going...
Mercy Fridays with Pope Francis
Mercy Fridays with Pope Francis
15th January 2016
After opening the Holy Door at the Hostel Don Luigi Di...
Pope Francis Message for the Jubilee of Mercy for Young Boys and Girls
Pope Francis
Message for the Jubilee of Mercy
for Young Boys and Girls
“Merciful Like the Father”
Dear Young...
The Jubilee from Saint Peter’s to the World – A Month Ago
A month has passed since Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of Saint Peter’s. In his homily he explained the...
The relics of Saint Pio and Saint Leopold in Rome
On Ash Wednesday, the Holy Father will officially commission the Missionaries of Mercy (M.V. 18) with their...
Opening of the Holy Door in Saint Mary Major
Pope Francis has opened the Holy Door in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. This completes the opening of the Holy...
The Jubilee Indulgence for those living the contemplative life
Religious Men and Women bound to the cloistered life can obtain the Jubilee Indulgence according to the now usual...
Holy Door in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran
“This is the door of the Lord”, pronounced the Holy Father in the meaningful rite of opening the Holy Door in the Papal...
Papal Blessing
The Roman Ritual states that Diocesan Bishops, and others equated to them in law, have the faculty to impart,...
Apertura della Porta Santa di San Pietro
At 11:10 on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of Saint Peter’s...
The Blessed Virgin Mary "Door of Mercy" in Rome for the Jubilee
Just a day before the beginning of the Jubilee, for the first time in its history, the icon of the Blessed Virgin “Door...
Reflection on entering the Holy Door
Catholic Bytes has created a free 6 minute audio piece to prepare pilgrims to walk through the Holy Door of Mercy in...
Press Conference
Presentation by Archbishop Rino Fisichella
Holy See Press Office, December 4, 2015
Pope Francis,...
Opening of the Pilgrimage Welcome Center
On 1 December, S.E. Mons. Angelo Becciu, the Sostituto for the Vatican City Secretary of State officially opened the...
Opening of the Holy Door in Bangui
Today in the Central African Republic, the third and last stop of his trip to Africa, Pope Francis anticipated the...
Recognition of the Holy Doors
As tradition prescribes, a few days before the beginning of the Jubilee Year, the rite of the recognitio of the Holy...
Participate in the Jubilee in Rome
To participate in the Major Events of the Jubilee in Rome and to pass through the Holy Door of Saint Peter’s Basilica,...
“Miserando atque Eligendo”, the motto of Pope Francis, will be the theme that guides the Jubilee for Catechists
On October 15, the members of the planning committee for the Jubilee for Catechists met at the headquarters of the...
Churches and itineraries for pilgrims in Rome
The Jubilee is a special time that the Church offers for the conversion of the People of God, and precisely for this...
Jubilee for Pilgrimage Workers and Supporters
On October 2, the organizing committee for the Jubilee for Pilgrimage Workers and Supporters met to discuss the final...
Useful information regarding the implementation of the Jubilee
The Jubilee of Mercy was announced by Pope Francis as a year to be lived intensely in each particular Church, allowing...
Marian Jubilee: The Icon Salus Popoli Romani in Saint Peter's Square
After the summer break, the commissions charged with organizing the major events of the Jubilee of Mercy have...
The Daily Rosary in Saint Peter's Square
The most simple and direct means with which popular piety has taught us to invoke the mercy of God through the...
Cross Catholic Outreach (CCO)
On behalf of Cross Catholic Outreach (CCO), Mr. James Cavnar, CCO President, and Msgr. Ted Bertagni, CCO Director,...
On Via Francigena, Pilgrims to Rome
On Monday, September 7 at Villa Mazzanti, the headquarters of "Roma Natura", a project was presented for the...
Pope Francis' prayer intentions for September
1 September 2015 – The Holy Father's universal prayer intention for September is: “That opportunities for...
Information regarding the pilgrimage to the Holy Door of the Saint Peter's Basilica
With respect to recent press releases, the Organizing Secretariat for the Jubilee of Mercy issues the following...
Press Conference: Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Press Conference, May 5, 2015
The Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii...
Jubilee Year of Mercy: a re-awakening for all Christians
(Vatican Radio) The upcoming Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy will be a moment of true grace for all Christians and...
The Jubilee of Mercy presented- Inspired by the Spirit
A wealth of activities will mark Pope Francis' Holy Year of Mercy which will be celebrated from 8 December 2015 to 20...
Pope Francis presents Bull of Indiction of Jubilee of Mercy
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday afternoon proceeded with the presentation of the official Bull of...
Note about the Bull of Indiction
Following the first announcement of the next extraordinary Holy Year by Pope Francis on 13 March, the Holy Father will...
Announcement of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
On 13 March, 2015, Pope Francis announced inside Saint Peter’s Basilica that there will be the...
Pope Francis: homily with announcement of the Jubilee of Mercy
Pope Francis presided over a penance service in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday afternoon, during which he announced an...