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Pope Francis has decreed that 2025 will be a year of Jubilee, a holy year which happens every 25 years in the Catholic Church.
Be a pilgrim with us in the Church Year of Jubilee
In a world that is growing more unjust and unequal, we invite people, schools and communities to experience the joy and strength in coming together as we respond to God’s call for a reset, a renewal of faith and a recommitment to a just world.
Jubilee prayers
Discover our prayers on Jubilee themes.
Sign up to receive weekly reflections
Make a monthly donation and you'll receive a weekly reflection on the gospel during the Year of Jubilee.
Call for debt justice
Add your name to our call for world leaders to take action on the global debt crisis.
Volunteer with us
Giving just a few hours a year can make an incredible difference.
“For all of us, may the Jubilee be an opportunity to be renewed in hope.”
Make a Jubilee pledge
Recommit to our global family ahead of the Jubilee year by pledging a transformative monthly gift, and you’ll receive our weekly gospel reflections by email.
Our weekly email reflections include reflections on the Sunday gospel, and ways in which you and the wider CAFOD family can give, act and pray with us during the Jubilee Year.
If you'd prefer, you can sign up for weekly reflections without pledging a monthly donation.
Jubilee reflection guide
Containing four sessions, each reflecting on a different theme within Luke 4:16-21, our Jubilee 2025 reflection guide can be used with a small group, in your parish, or for personal reflection.
Latest news about the Jubilee
A Year of Hope: An introduction to the Jubilee Year
Watch CAFOD's introduction to the Jubilee. See highlights of how we’re celebrating locally and find out how we can be tangible signs of hope this holy year.
10
Jan
2025
Jubilee 2025: Why debt justice is needed now to tackle the climate crisis
The international community must act now to support climate-vulnerable people with the money they need to adapt to a crisis they have done the least to cause.
01
Jan
2025
World Day of Peace 2025
In his message for the 58th World Day of Peace, Pope Francis speaks powerfully about the Jubilee Year theme of Pilgrims of Hope.
31
Dec
2024
The Journey to Jubilee 2025: What do you wish for?
Join us as we take a look back at some of the events that have shaped the last quarter of a century – and the ways in which we’ve come together in hope to work for a better world.
24
Dec
2024
How to be a Pilgrim of Hope: Five easy ways to kickstart your Jubilee year
Five easy ways for you to answer Pope Francis' call for Catholics to be Pilgrims of Hope in the Year of Jubilee 2025.
24
Dec
2024
Jubilee 2025: The new global debt crisis and its solutions
A new report outlines why, following the historic success of the Jubilee 2000 debt campaign, the world once again faces an acute global debt crisis in 2025.
15
Oct
2024
Why is 2025 a Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church?
Pope Francis has given the 2025 Jubilee Year the theme of Pilgrims of Hope. Find out more about what a Jubilee Year is and how you can take part.
16
Sep
2024
Jubilee icon for England and Wales blessed
The official Jubilee 2025 icon, commissioned by CAFOD, was unveiled and blessed by Cardinal Vincent Nichols on Saturday 14 September.
11
May
2024
Jubilee 2025: Pope Francis issues new call for debt cancellation
In a message setting out the vision for the 2025 Year of Jubilee, Pope Francis said cancelling debt is "a matter of justice" for countries that are unable to repay.
The Jubilee icon
Find out more about the Jubilee icon, commissioned by CAFOD from Ethiopia to celebrate and commemorate the Jubilee Year 2025.