Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope

The Church celebrates a Jubilee Year in 2025, with the theme of “Pilgrims of Hope.” A jubilee is a time of pilgrimage, reconciliation, and prayer. While special events will occur in Rome throughout the Holy Year 2025, dioceses around the world are expected to host events for the faithful who cannot travel to Rome.

In the document proclaiming the Jubilee, Pope Francis says:

Surely we need to “abound in hope” (cf. Rom 15:13), so that we may bear credible and attractive witness to the faith and love that dwell in our hearts; that our faith may be joyful and our charity enthusiastic; and that each of us may be able to offer a smile, a small gesture of friendship, a kind look, a ready ear, a good deed, in the knowledge that, in the Spirit of Jesus, these can become, for those who receive them, rich seeds of hope. (Spes Non Confundit, 18)

Explore the theme of “Pilgrims of Hope” with these featured books.

• On Hope by Pope Francis
• Sobre la esperanza by Pope Francis
• Revelation: God’s Gift of Hope (Six Weeks with the Bible)
• Praying Through Pain by Barbara Lee

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