Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope

Visit the Vatican Jubilee 2025 Website: Iubilaeum 2025

As the Universal Church looks toward the Jubilee Year 2025, the USCCB is thrilled to support the Holy Father in this "event of great spiritual, ecclesial, and social significance in the life of the Church."

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. The great tradition of opening the Holy Door will begin when Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on December 24, 2024. This is usually the first door opened to signal the start of the Jubilee Year. A Cathedral or popular Sanctuary of each diocese will also designate or open its Holy Door to allow the entry of pilgrims. The jubilee years also traditionally offer opportunities for reconciliation, indulgences, and other events intended to strengthen and revive faith.

Pope Francis has asked that the year 2024 be dedicated to a "great symphony of prayer" as the Church prepares for the Jubilee of 2025. The Jubilee prayer can be found below.

Additional information about Jubilee events and materials can be found in the Calendar of Events below, or on the Vatican website here. As information becomes available for specific initiatives of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, that information will be available on this web page.

Information for Jubilee 2025

This downloadable information document includes basic details for organizers about the 2025 Jubilee celebration that diocesan, eparchial, parish, campus, movement, and school leaders may find useful in their local planning for local and pilgrim programs during the Holy Year.
Jubilee 2025 Calendar

This downloadable calendar includes a one-page overview of the Holy Year events followed by several pages of anticipated detailed schedules for each Jubilee celebration in Rome, which can be replicated or adapted at the discretion of each local community.
Spes Non Confundit - Bula de Indicación

On Thursday, May 9, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Pope Francis officially proclaimed the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025 with the public reading and delivery of Spes Non Confundit, the Bull of Indicition for the Holy Year, in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
Bishops’ Office for United States Visitors to the Vatican

The Bishops’ Office for United States Visitors to the Vatican, sponsored by the Pontifical North American College and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, provides information to help you plan your pilgrimage so that it may be a truly prayerful experience.
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