JUBILEE 2025
As the Universal Church looks toward the Jubilee Year 2025 (the 2,025th anniversary of the Incarnation of our Lord). Pope Francis stated in his February 2022 letter announcing the Jubilee 2025: "We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far-sighted vision. The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire..."
The Jubilee Year will offer the faithful opportunities to participate in various jubilee events at the Vatican and in their own dioceses.
Opening of the Holy Door
List of Services
The great tradition of opening the Holy Door will began when Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on December 24, 2024.
Other holy doors will be opened at the Rome basilicas of St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major and St. Paul Outside the Walls. For pilgrims who cannot travel to Rome, bishops around the world are expected to designate their cathedrals or a popular Catholic shrine as special places of prayer for Holy Year pilgrims, offering opportunities for reconciliation, indulgences and other events intended to strengthen and revive faith.
Plenary Indulgence
A plenary indulgence, also known as the Jubilee, is a Catholic Church grace that removes the temporal punishment for sins already forgiven. During the 2025 Jubilee Year, Catholics can obtain a plenary indulgence in several ways, including:
- Pilgrimage
Visit sacred places, such as the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Italy or the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem - Prayerful visits
Visit specific churches - Works of mercy
Practice acts of mercy, such as: - Abstaining from unnecessary consumption, like alcohol or smoking
- Fasting
- Donating money to the poor and church
- Supporting social or religious works
- Volunteering in the community
- Spiritual acts Participate in spiritual acts, such as:
- Reconciliation
- Eucharistic celebration
- To obtain a plenary indulgence, Catholics must also meet the following conditions:
- Pray for the Pope's intentions
- Attend Mass
- Receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession) and Eucharist (communion) within 15 days before or after the visit
Plenary indulgences gained during the Jubilee Year can be applied to the souls in purgatory.
Jubilee 2025
Pilgrims of Hope
Prayer for the Jubilee
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.
May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within both humanity
and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever.
Amen.
