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The Holy Father Pope Francis has announced that 2025 will be a Jubilee Year, something which happens every 25 years. The theme for Jubilee 2025 is “Pilgrims of Hope.” <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is a Jubilee Year?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Jubilee Year is traditionally proclaimed by the Universal Church every 25 years. It is a particular year set aside to encourage the faithful to embark on pilgrimages, to repent of their sins and forgive the sins of others, and to renew a focus on the spiritual life. In the Hebrew tradition, as recorded in Leviticus, a Jubilee was celebrated every 50 years with the freeing of slaves and the forgiveness of debts. In 1300, Pope Boniface VIII instituted the first Christian Jubilee, and since then the Church has designated each new Jubilee as a special year of grace and forgiveness, offering the faithful an opportunity to obtain a plenary indulgence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us, and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far-sighted vision. The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire; that is why I have chosen as the motto of the Jubilee, Pilgrims of Hope<\/em>. This will indeed be the case if we are capable of recovering a sense of universal fraternity and refuse to turn a blind eye to the tragedy of rampant poverty that prevents millions of men, women, young people and children from living in a manner worthy of our human dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Pope Francis, Letter for the Promotion of the New Evangelization for the Jubilee 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The 2025 Jubilee officially opened on December 24, 2024 with the rite of Opening of the Holy Doors of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter by the Holy Father and will end in Rome on January 6, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jubilee Year 2025 in the Diocese of Fall River<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, December 29, in union with bishops throughout the world, Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., celebrated a special Mass in St. Mary’s Cathedral to open the diocesan observance of the Jubilee Year 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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