Examples of Holy Year in a Sentence
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Some 200,000 people flocked to the funeral, held on a brilliant spring day that was supposed to have been a special Holy Year celebration for adolescents.
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Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Italian police have tightened security for the viewing and the funeral, carrying out foot and horse patrols around the Vatican, where pilgrims continued to arrive for the Holy Year celebrations that Francis opened in December.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The ongoing Jubilee, or Catholic Holy Year, will proceed as planned despite the Pope's death, a Vatican spokesperson told Reuters.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
The papal passing is taking place just as the Vatican is beginning to celebrate its Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century Jubilee celebration expected to draw some 30 million Catholic pilgrims to the Eternal City.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
That is all the more true during the 2025 Holy Year, which both opened and will close with special papal events for prison inmates.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The pope referred to his experience with illness in both the traditional Sunday blessing and the homily read by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, organizer of the Holy Year that is expected to bring some 30 million pilgrims to Rome.
—Colleen Barry, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Notably, Francis was unable to attend the Catholic Church’s jubilee celebration, a tradition dedicated to the remission of sins that occurs every 50 years, also known as the Holy Year.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025
Since 2025 is a Holy Year for the Catholic Church, with 32 million pilgrims projected to visit Rome, related calls make up a large part of the 50 to 70 queries the nuns answer daily.
—Giovanna Dell’orto, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
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Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Italian police have tightened security for the viewing and the funeral, carrying out foot and horse patrols around the Vatican, where pilgrims continued to arrive for the Holy Year celebrations that Francis opened in December.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The ongoing Jubilee, or Catholic Holy Year, will proceed as planned despite the Pope's death, a Vatican spokesperson told Reuters.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
The papal passing is taking place just as the Vatican is beginning to celebrate its Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century Jubilee celebration expected to draw some 30 million Catholic pilgrims to the Eternal City.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
That is all the more true during the 2025 Holy Year, which both opened and will close with special papal events for prison inmates.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The pope referred to his experience with illness in both the traditional Sunday blessing and the homily read by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, organizer of the Holy Year that is expected to bring some 30 million pilgrims to Rome.
—Colleen Barry, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Notably, Francis was unable to attend the Catholic Church’s jubilee celebration, a tradition dedicated to the remission of sins that occurs every 50 years, also known as the Holy Year.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025
Since 2025 is a Holy Year for the Catholic Church, with 32 million pilgrims projected to visit Rome, related calls make up a large part of the 50 to 70 queries the nuns answer daily.
—Giovanna Dell’orto, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Holy Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Holy%20Year. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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