Year of Mercy Column: What Does “Jubilee” Mean?

Author: Peter Yaremko Jubilee years have a deep history in the Hebrew scriptures. According to Leviticus, slaves and prisoners were freed, debts forgiven, land and possessions returned to their rightful owners. Perhaps most important, during such a year the mercy of...
Year of Mercy Column: Why Did the Pope Choose Dec 8?

Year of Mercy Column: Why Did the Pope Choose Dec 8?

Author: Peter Yaremko The Jubilee Year of Mercy opened on December 8, the fiftieth anniversary of the closing of Second Vatican Council. On this date also the Roman Catholic Church marks the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. In the Eastern Church we celebrate...

Year of Mercy Column: The Jubilee Prayer of Pope Francis

Author: Peter Yaremko You and I cannot be in Rome on Tuesday when the Holy Father opens The Jubilee Year of Mercy by throwing open the Holy Door of Saint Peter’s Basilica. But we can be there with him in spirit by offering the Jubilee Prayer Pope Francis wrote:...

His Beatitude Patriarch Sviatoslav: Pastoral Letter on the Occasion of the Opening of the Holy Year of Mercy (UKR)

«Милосердя хочу!» (Мт. 9, 13) ПОСЛАННЯ з нагоди проголошення Святого року Божого милосердя в УГКЦ   Дорогі в Христі! Разом з усією Вселенською Церквою входимо в благодатний час особливого Святого року, який, за волею Святішого Отця Франциска, триватиме від 8 грудня...