Why the promise of the Jubilee of 2000 remains unfulfilled

Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Twenty-five years ago, John Paul closed the Great Jubilee 2000 on the solemn feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6, 2001. He sincerely felt that “human history and culture” was ripe for a new encounter with “Christ’s saving message.” But the end of Jubilee 2025 is a time to go back again to the beginning of the century, as the intervening 25 years have seen the Church distracted from the great hopes of 2000.