Pope Francis officially launched the 2025 Holy Year on Christmas Eve by opening the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, an event expected to draw over 30 million pilgrims to the Italian capital ...

The aim of the Jubilee, he said, is “to bring hope to the interminable, dreary days of prisoners, to the cold and dismal lodgings of the poor and to all those places desecrated by war and ...

(OSV News)–Signs around the Eternal City declare “Roma si trasforma”–“Rome is transformed” as an explanation for the ubiquitous infrastructure projects, including the restoration of iconic sculptures ...

In the year that India completes a decade of 'Make in India' and the ET Awards for Corporate Excellence celebrates its Silver Jubilee, it was befitting that the elite 11-member jury picked several ...

The dome of St. Peter's Basilica is seen over a cloth barricade reading "Rome Jubilee 2025" that surrounds a construction site at the beginning of the broad boulevard leading to St. Peter's Square Dec ...

The announcement came hours after a 'Jathha' of 101 farmers, blocked by the police at the Shambhu border due to security concerns, was withdrawn for the day. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher ...

Please view our advertising policy and product review methodology for more information. For devout Catholics around the world, the countdown is on for the 2025 Jubilee in Rome. Occurring every 25 ...

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The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has once again demonstrated its commitment to education by introducing the LIC Golden Jubilee Scholarship 2024, a program aimed at supporting students in ...

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On Oct. 28, Archbishop Rino Fisichella of the Dicastery for Evangelization unveiled Luce as the mascot of the 2025 Jubilee Year. Luce, which means "light" in Italian, is a pilgrim clad in a yellow ...

A West Houston office site formerly used by energy services company Schlumberger is about to be transformed into a 12.7-acre project with retail and apartments. Planned near the northeast corner ...