The evening of December 24, 2024, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, officially inaugurating the 2025 Jubilee of Hope. “Tonight, the door of hope has opened wide to the world. Tonight, God speaks to each of us and says: there is hope also for you! There is hope for every one of us!”, the Pope said in his homily. The Jubilee of Hope will conclude in 2026 with the closing of the same Holy Door on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord.
A jubilee is a special holy year of grace and pilgrimage in the Catholic Church. Ordinary jubilees, like this one, usually take place every quarter of a century (the last one was the Great Jubilee of Year 2000, proclaimed by Pope St. John Paul II), though popes can call for extraordinary jubilee years more often, as was the case with the 2016 Year of Mercy and the 2013 Year of Faith. This time, the city of Rome expects to receive over 30 million pilgrims.
Even if you cannot travel to Rome, each diocese will provide opportunities to experience grace, including special Jubilee Masses and pilgrimages:
- Jubilee of Hope in the Archdiocese of St. Louis
- Jubilee of Hope in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph
- Jubilee of Hope in the Diocese of Jefferson City
- Jubilee of Hope in the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau
To visit the official website in English of the 2025 Jubilee, click here.
To check the USCCB resources for the Jubilee, click here.