This year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea (325 AD). It was the first ecumenical gathering to seek a fuller understanding of the faith. Beyond its theological significance, it has also shown that common discernment is a way of hope for a pilgrim Church of the Jubilee. In 1300, Pope Boniface VIII…

Bishop Christian Carlassare of Bentiu in South Sudan shares four ways to get involved in the Jubilee from wherever you are.  Pilgrimage is a journey – The first keyword about the Jubilee Year is a pilgrimage. Pilgrimage is a journey. Not merely a physical journey, but most of all a spiritual journey to encounter the…

The life of Fr. Stan is a testimony to the defence of the human rights of underprivileged peasants in India. His sentence and subsequent death in prison raised an outcry all over the world, but his inspiring witness to righteousness keeps the flame of justice alive. He was 84 years old. He had Parkinson’s disease,…

The life of Carlo Acutis, short and intense, has been an inspiration to many people around the world. He will be canonized on 27 April. “I am happy to die because I’ve lived my life without wasting even a minute of it doing things that wouldn’t have pleased God”.  A few days later, on 12…