The Jubilee Year 2025 is a special year in the Catholic Church, designated by Pope Francis as a time for spiritual renewal and pilgrimage, with the theme "Pilgrims of Hope"; it began on Christmas Eve 2024 and will run throughout the year 2025, encouraging Catholics to visit holy sites in Rome or their local diocese to receive a Jubilee indulgence, with a focus on themes like hope, forgiveness, and reconciliation; the key event is the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
The Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have gifted us in
your son Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity
kindled 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 diligent cultivators of the evangelical seeds
that make humanity and the cosmos rise
unto the confident expectation
of the new heavens and the new earth,
when with the powers of Evil overcome,
your glory shall be manifested eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
the yearning for heavenly treasures
and pour over all the earth
the joy and peace
of our Redeemer.
To you God blessed in eternity,
be praise and glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
Bishop Vásquez has designated the following parishes and university centers Pilgrimage Sites during the Year of Jubilee beginning Dec. 29, 2024, through January 6, 2026.
The Holy Year is marked by the offering of God’s abundant forgiveness through the granting of a plenary indulgence, a remission of the temporal punishment a person is due for their sins. The following, with the four foundation conditions for an indulgence, are the different ways to receive an indulgence:
Visit and Pray at a Pilgrimage Site
Perform a work of mercy or penance
Recitation of specific prayers (If you are homebound and cannot participate in pilgrimage)
You may also travel to Rome and pass through Holy Doors to receive an indulgence. Read more from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in this article: Vatican norms for Jubilee indulgence include pilgrimage, penance, service.