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Francis, celebrating the 12th Christmas of his pontificate, presided at a solemn Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and opened the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, which the Vatican expects will ...
Pope Francis called for an end to global wars and divisiveness in his annual Christmas Day message, given Wednesday. “This Christmas, at the beginning of the Jubilee Year, I invite every ...
The New York Times reports that even though the church officially broke with the age-old practice -- you do something good, and the Church will help absolve you -- in 1960, the Pope has quietly ...
A 98-foot-tall, 110-year-old spruce tree from the northern Italian region of Valle D'Aosta [30] The Christmas tree, along with twenty other smaller ones that have been placed in and around the Vatican, were the gifts of the northern Italian region of Valle D'Aosta to the Pope for Christmas 2003. Pope John Paul II spent seven summer vacations in ...
It was announced by Pope John Paul II at the end of the Great Jubilee. [1] This jubilee was preceded by the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy of 2015–2016. [2] The papal bull proclaiming the Jubilee is "Spes non confundit" (Latin for "Hope does not disappoint"). [3] It began on Christmas Eve (24 December) 2024 and will continue until Epiphany (6 ...
The term Urbi et Orbi evolved from the consciousness of the ancient Roman Empire.The invocation is expressed by the pope in his capacity as both the bishop of Rome (urbs = city; urbi the corresponding dative form; compare: urban) and the head of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the world (orbis = earth; orbi the corresponding dative form; compare: orbit).
The frequency of Holy Years has changed over time: at first, they were celebrated every 100 years; later, in 1343 Pope Clement VI reduced the gap between Jubilees to every 50 years, and in 1470 ...
In addition to assisting the pope at sacred functions, the Papal Master of Ceremonies assists cardinals on various occasions: during consistories, when a cardinal takes possession of his titular church, and during solemn celebrations of Mass or other important religious services. When a cardinal is created at a consistory, the Master of Papal ...