Jubilee Year 2025 Meaning Catholic. In the catholic church, a jubilee or holy year is a special year of forgiveness and reconciliation, in which people are invited to come back into right relationship with god, with one another, and with all of creation. It is derived from the hebrew word ‘yobel’ meaning ‘ram’s horn’ and is used to announce the day of atonement (yom kippur) and herald the jubilee year.

This (jewish) holiday occurs every year, but it takes on special significance when it marks the beginning of a jubilee year. Jubilee 2025 was proclaimed by pope francis in the papal bull spes non confundit (“hope does not disappoint”).