"We begin 2016 with the gift of Pope Francis having established this as a Jubilee Year of Mercy. Throughout the year we welcome the Catholic community and all people of good faith to visit the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston’s South End, to receive the graces and blessings of the Holy Year and experience the cathedral’s magnificent architecture and inspiring beauty. We pray that the coming year will be a time of reconciliation and peace in our local communities and throughout the world.”