Partner,

We are launching Jubilee campaigns in more than 160 countries for the next five years. Because of your support, our Jubilee 2025 efforts focus in the coming year on the G20 in South Africa, the G7 in Canada, COP30 in Brazil and moving legislation in New York, the United Kingdom and Washington DC.

On Christmas Eve at the Vatican, we joined Pope Francis at St. Peter's as he included our Jubilee interfaith and labor movement calls in his homily. He raised our calls for global debt relief to end poverty, address inequality and heal our planet. On Monday, December 23rd, the Vatican Press Office and Dicastery for Communications hosted Caritas Internationalis and Jubilee USA Network to launch our global campaigns at a press conference in Vatican City off of St. Peter's Square.

Watch our recorded press conference and Vatican Jubilee 2025 launch with Cardinal Silvano Tomasi, H.E. Ronald Lamola of South Africa, Lucy Esipila, Victor Cervantes Genina, Eric LeCompte, Caritas Africa and Caritas Oceania.

This Vatican City Jubilee launch follows more than 6 months of Jubilee interfaith and labor movement launch events that we organized and supported in Brazil, across Africa, Azerbaijan, from San Diego to Chicago to Washington DC and in Rome.

Other Jubilee2025 Selected Launch Event Links:

• In May, you can watch Jubilee's Eric LeCompte deliver a Jubilee 2025 launch as he receives an honorary doctorate from Catholic Theological Union of Chicago and addresses the class of 2024 (Eric's speech starts at 107:22 minutes)
  
  
• In June, we joined Pope Francis and finance ministers as Pope Francis delivered the focus of #Jubilee2025 at the Holy See, read: Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Participants in the Meeting “Addressing the Debt Crisis in the Global South
  
  
• Kigali, Rwanda in July, major interfaith and inter-religious groups Jubilee Launch: Interfaith Africa Religious Leaders "Heralding a Debt Jubilee in 2025" Statement
  
  
• In August, in Brasilia - Brazil with the G20 Interfaith Forum, we had a launch with Reverend David Beckman, Rabbi David Saperstien, Chief Dr. Doliwura Zakaria, H.E. Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Elcior Santana and Eric LeCompte: G20 Interfaith Forum: 2024 Imperatives and Interfaith Contributions
  
  
• In November at COP29, Azerbaijan: Message of the Holy Father Delivered by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku
  
  
• The Washington DC launch on December 10th with H.E. Cardinal Peter Turkson, Rabbi Matt Cutler, Ruth Messenger, Imani Countess, Marie Dennis, AFL-CIO's Laura Gutierrez, Reverend Heriberto Martinez, Reverend Caleb Lines, Sobia Ijaz and Eric LeCompte: Cardinal Turkson Keynote Speech "JUBILEE 2025: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS: The debt/development/environmental crisis." Watch and read Turkson's speech and watch the full event here: Jubilee Interfaith 2025 DC Launch
  
  
• On December 23rd, in Vatican City: Press Conference: The Jubilee 2025 Pilgrimage to Tackle Debt, End Poverty and Heal Our Planet and read H.E. Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa's Statement  

Joint Africa Partner and Jubilee USA Network Resources:

African Faith Leaders Petition G7/G20 Finance Ministers

Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar Statement to IMF/ World Bank Annual Meetings 2023

Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar Statement to 56th Conference of African Finance Ministers

Interfaith African Faith-Based Institutions Statement to Leaders Meeting in Nairobi for the International Development Association Heads of State Summit

Interfaith Africa Religious Leaders "Heralding a Debt Jubilee in 2025" Statement

Special #Jubilee2025 and Jubilee movement interview at Brazil G20 Interfaith Forum with Jubilee USA's Eric LeCompte: Eric LeCompte G20 Interfaith Forum Interview

Pope Francis, Holy See and Vatican Jubilee 2025 resources:

• Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Participants in the Meeting “Addressing the Debt Crisis in the Global South”
  
  
• Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the LVIII World Day of Peace
  
  
• Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025

Selected Press Articles and Media Resources:

• Ahead of 2025 Jubilee, Pope Francis Rallies Global Finance Heads to Back Debt Relief National Catholic Reporter (Jun 26th)
• Debt Relief: Biblical Jubilee Concern is Focus of Holy Year 2025, Too Catholic News Service, The Arlington Catholic Herald (Jun 5th)
• Pope Calls for Global Push to Tackle Poor Nations' Debt Crises Reuters (Jun 5th)
• 10 things to know about Jubilee 2025—the Holy Year that begins on Christmas Eve America Magazine, Catholic News Service (Dec 10th)
• Pope Francis calls for new global accords on debt, military spending Reuters (Dec 12th)
• Caritas, Jubilee USA Present Holy Year Debt-Relief Project  US Conference of Catholic Bishops, CNS (Dec 23rd)
• Caritas, Jubilee USA present Holy Year debt-relief project, Our Sunday Visitor, Catholic News Service (Dec 24th)
• On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis appeals for courage to better the world Reuters (Dec 24th)
• Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate Vatican News Radio Interview about Jubilee 2025 Opening by Pope Francis Vatican World News (Dec 24th)
• Pope Opens 2025 Jubilee Dreaming of "New World Where Peace and Justice Reign National Catholic Reporter (Dec 24th) 
• As Pope Francis Opens Jubilee Doors, Francis Announces Support for Work of Church Campaigns in 160 Countries on Debt Cancellation to Address Poverty and Climate Issues Jubilee USA Network (Dec 24th) 
• Jubilee USA Network and Caritas Announce Debt Relief Campaign for Poor Countries Catholic News Agency (Dec 26th)
• Minister Lamola to Address the Jubilee 2025 Pilgrimage to Tackle Debt, End Poverty and Heal Our Planet Press Conference South Africa Ministry of International Relations & Cooperation (Dec 23rd)
• Pope brings Holy Year and a message of hope to Rome's main prison Associated Press, ABC News (Dec 26th)

For the last 3 years, Jubilee USA Network carefully organized for this moment with African and southern partners and international faith groups for our launches of #Jubilee2025. As we move forward and win our next five years of global strategic campaigns, find special resources and interfaith prayer and action resources at www.JubileeUSA.org. 

Gratefully,