Originally published at National Catholic Register
Caritas Internationalis Director of Integral Human Development Victor Genina Cervantes explained to the press that the multiyear program would function by rallying public support for its debt-relief advocacy.
Continuing St. John Paul II’s mission from the 2000 Jubilee, a U.S.-based jubilee network is partnering with international aid organizations to provide debt relief for the world’s poorest countries during the 2025 Jubilee Year.
Representatives from Caritas Internationalis and Jubilee USA Network, a league of faith-based development and debt-relief organizations, announced the five-year campaign, “Turn Debt into Hope,” during a Vatican press conference on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Executive Director of Jubilee USA Network Eric LeCompte said during the conference that his organization is launching the effort “to finish the unfinished business of Jubilee 2000, when John Paul II called on the international community to provide debt relief for poor countries,” according to Catholic News Service, the news agency of the U.S. bishops.
Pope Francis also issued a similar appeal during his proclamation of the 2025 Jubilee Year, calling on the world’s wealthiest nations to “acknowledge the gravity of so many of their past decisions and determine to forgive the debts of countries that will
