Pope Francis addressed social communication leaders from Bishop Conferences worldwide, emphasizing the transformative power of communication as an act of love and a means of building networks of goodness.
The Conference of Religious India (CRI), Goa unit, hosted the Jubilee Cup 2025 on January 25-26, 2025, at the Agnel Arena, Agnel Institute of Design and Technology, Assagão, India.
The Jubilee of the World of Communications at the Vatican gathered thousands of thought leaders, journalists, and communicators to reflect the media's critical role in promoting truth, unity, and hope amid an era marked by division and rampant misinformation.
At the Angelus on January 26, 2025 the Sunday of the Word of God, Pope Francis reflected on the Gospel of Luke, highlighting how the Jubilee Year offers Christians a chance to recognize their need for salvation and renew their encounter with Christ.
The Diocese of Antipolo, Philippines, celebrated the Jubilee for Social Communications with the theme “Communicatio Et Spes” (communication and hope) on January 25, 2025.
As part of the Jubilee Year 2025 initiative, the RVA Zo Service, in collaboration with the Parish Pastoral Council of St. Thomas Parish, Singngat, organized a one-day leadership training for all Catholic unit churches within the parish jurisdiction.
Pope Francis, in his annual message for communicators on the feast of Saint Francis de Sales, appealed to journalists and media professionals to become “witnesses and promoters of non-aggressive communication.”
As the Jubilee of the World of Communications is celebrated in Rome this January as part of the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025, the Philippines joins the global celebration with its own back-to-back events led by the Diocese of Antipolo and the Archdiocese of Manila.
Pope Francis, in his message to the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, emphasized the need for ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI).
On January 19, 2025 during his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis expressed gratitude for the Gaza ceasefire agreement, urging respect for the agreement and the delivery of humanitarian aid.
One of the most catastrophic earthquakes to strike the Himalayan region in a century occurred on January 7 in Dingri County and Shigatse, Tibet, with a magnitude of 6.8 (7.1 on the Richter scale), according to the Chinese Earthquake Networks Centre.
Pope Francis will lead special Jubilee Masses, alongside liturgies for major feasts, honoring the World of Communications and the Armed Forces, Police, and Security Personnel, according to the liturgical agenda released by the Vatican on January 8.
The archbishop of Kuala Lumpur has extended a warm invitation to “those who have drifted from the Church” so they would come back into the fold this Jubilee Year.
The new Bishop of the Diocese of Cubao encouraged priests from all parishes to intensify the
administration of the Sacrament of Confession throughout the Jubilee Year 2025.
The archbishop of Seoul urged the faithful to spend the upcoming new year, which is a Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church, dreaming of “new beginnings.”
A 50-year-old Cross on Sunday leads the Jubilee Opening in the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan (AVC) and this will be brought to the pilgrim churches in the province during the year 2025, according to the AVC social media page.
