Jubilee Year
“Pope Francis urges Debt cancellation for Jubilee Year
“Pope Francis has said that it would be fitting to celebrate the Jubilee Year in 2025 by cancelling all or most of the debts of world's poorest countries…. we need ‘a new international financial architecture that is courageous and creative’… He noted that debt cancellation during a Jubilee Year is a biblical tradition….”
(Independent Catholic News, Source: Vatican News, 22 August 2024. For the full article, see. https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/50476
“Jubilee 2025: Pope Francis issues new call for debt cancellation
“Pope Francis has said cancelling debts of countries unable to repay them is ‘a matter of justice’. The call comes in a message outlining the Pope's vision for the Catholic Church's Jubilee year in 2025. The Pope also called in the document – titled 'Spes non confundit', or 'Hope does not disappoint' – for an end to arms sales and renewed action to tackle poverty and hunger….”
CAFOD, 11 May 2024, for more details, go to https://cafod.org.uk/news/campaigning-news/jubilee-2025-pope-francis-issues-new-call-for-debt-cancellation