Jubilee Year, Pope Francis

Pope calls for debt reduction for poorer countries to mark the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Year
Pope Francis is calling on wealthy countries and institutions to substantially reduce if not outright cancel debt as a matter of justice on the occasion of the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Year.
Pope Francis calls for end to foreign debt, death penalty ahead of Jubilee Year
Pope Francis has called on all nations to eliminate the death penalty, to divert a fixed percentage of arms spending to a global fund to fight hunger and climate change, and to cancel the international debt of developing nations.
Pope Francis makes Jubilee year appeal to end hunger, debt woes and death penalty
In the year 2000, then-Pope John Paul II appealed to leaders of wealthy nations, asking them to forgive the debt of poorer countries in the spirit of the Catholic Church’s Jubilee year — a time the church sets aside for forgiveness of sins and debt.
Pope Francis Urges Debt Cancelation for 2025 Jubilee
Pope Francis has issued an urgent appeal to wealthier nations to drastically reduce or eliminate poorer countries' debts, framing it as a question of justice. As the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee Year approaches,
Pope calls for debt forgiveness, abolition of death penalty
Pope Francis called for debt relief for the poor countries of the South of the globe and the universal abolition of the death penalty in his message for World Peace Day 2025, which takes place on January 1.

Pope meets Palestinian leader Abbas at Vatican

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Pope’s workers disown anonymous attack, but warn of ‘tension and dissatisfaction’
If you ask for a raise, you risk excommunication,” an anonymous Vatican employee said. “If you want to be paid for overtime, ...
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Politicized Vatican Nativity Scene Sparks Backlash Against Pope Francis: ‘There Are No Words’
If Pope Francis hasn't given you enough reasons to believe that the Roman Catholic Church, under his guidance, has become a ...
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Pope to Open Five Holy Doors at the Vatican Starting Christmas Eve
Pope Francis will open five Holy Doors in a long-standing catholic tradition and will introduce a never-before-seen ritual.
Pope Francis criticized for Vatican nativity scene with baby Jesus in a keffiyeh
Pope Francis created an online uproar when he was seen unveiling the Vatican's annual nativity scene that featured a ...
Pope Francis Presented Nativity Scene Featuring Baby Jesus Wrapped in Kaffiyeh Scarf
In 2024, Pope Francis presented a Nativity scene displayed at the Vatican that featured baby Jesus wrapped in a kaffiyeh, a ...
Pope Francis, 87, Appears at Ceremony with Bruise on His Chin — Though Vatican Says It's from a Minor Fall
Pope Francis appeared at a ceremony on Dec. 8 with a bruise on his chin. The Vatican later confirmed that the pontiff, 87, is ...
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Pope Francis Meets Palestinian Leader Abbas Amid Gaza Crisis
Pope Francis received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican on Thursday for discussions focused on the ...
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Francis pushes end to death penalty as Biden commutes 1500, but none on death row
Pope Francis called for all nations to eliminate the death penalty in his message for the 2025 Message for the World Day of ...