Pope Francis has proclaimed a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, which began on Dec. 24, 2024, and will continue through ...

Pope Francis has proclaimed a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, which began on Dec. 24, 2024, and will continue through Jan. 6, 2026. But what is a Jubilee, and what is this year’s about?

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions ...

The Jubilee year is the culmination of “seven cycles of sabbatical years,” the seventh year letting the land lay fallow, a complete rest, “a Sabbath for HaShem,” as well as the remission ...

Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, is calling us to celebrate this Jubilee Year, 2025. When the successor of Peter sets aside a certain time as holy, that’s not just words, it’s not just pretend.

The IFC comprised 13 months of 28 days. The benefit of the new calendar was uniformity. Each month would start on a Sunday and end on a Saturday, so you’d never have to ask, for example, what ...

That is the Sabbath principle, which seems highly counter-cultural but in fact is as important as ever: it could help reduce the stress and striving of 21st century culture.

The seven-year sabbath on political contestation in Zimbabwe will also allow for renewed focus on fixing the economy in Zimbabwe. ... "Zimbabwe reaches her Jubilee year in 2029.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions ...