In May of 2024, +Pope Francis announced a Jubilee or Holy Year in 2025 for Pilgrims of Hope. The Opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on December 24, 2025, marked the beginning of the Jubilee, which continues until January 6, 2026.
During 2025, Jubilee Indulgences may be granted if pilgrims undertake a pious visit to sacred places. These include places designated by diocesan bishops.
If you are interested in learning more about the history of the Jubilee as well as Franciscanism and the Major Basilicas in Rome – St. Peter, St. Paul Outside the Wall, St. John Lateran, and St. Mary Major – check out our app The Shell.
Other pilgrimages available on our app include:
Mercy in Assisi – a journey through the Franciscan understanding of mercy while looking at some of the frescos in the Upper Church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi –
England 800 Years – marking the 800th anniversary of the arrival of the first friars in England, journey with Blessed Agnellus of Pisa from his landing in Dover on September 10, 1224, to Canterbury, to London, to Oxford –
Coming soon – an artistic tour of St. Casimir Catholic Church in Baltimore, Maryland
