Rome Transforms Streets, Fountains and Piazzas for Jubilee Year 2025
5 days ago · And while the money is earmarked for the Jubilee Year, still, many initiatives are expected to continue into 2025 or even 2026, including the completion of renovations in the area around Rome’s ...
A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here’s what you need to know
Dec 23, 2024 · Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome.
'Renewal and transformation of the world': Pope Francis opens the Jubilee
Dec 25, 2024 · During Christmas Eve Mass, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the Jubilee of 2025. This year-long period of spiritual purification has been observed every 25 ...
10 things to know about Jubilee 2025, the Holy Year that begins …
Dec 17, 2024 · (OSV News) -- Signs around the Eternal City declare "Roma si trasforma" -- "Rome is transformed" as an explanation for the ubiquitous infrastructure projects underway, including the restoration of iconic sculptures and monuments, ahead of Jubilee 2025, a Holy Year that begins Christmas Eve.
Millions of pilgrims are expected in Rome for the Catholic …
3 days ago · Tourism experts expect 35 million pilgrims to visit the Vatican in Rome over the course of the 2025 jubilee year. The city of Rome has invested 4.8 billion euros for over 600 projects to really ...
10 things to know about Jubilee 2025, the Holy Year that begins …
Dec 15, 2024 · Jubilee 2025 opens Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m., with the rite of the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican immediately before Pope Francis celebrates midnight Mass. Holy Doors will also be opened at Rome’s three other major basilicas: St. John Lateran on Dec. 29, St. Mary Major on Jan. 1, and St. Paul’s ...
Rome and the Vatican prepare to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee
Dec 23, 2024 · While the Holy Doors will be closed on Dec. 28, 2025, the Jubilee year will officially end on Jan. 6, 2026, when Catholics celebrate the feast of the epiphany.
Jubilee 2025: Rome expects more than 30 million pilgrims
Dec 24, 2024 · With roughly €4 billion in investments and more than a thousand construction sites, Rome is racing against the clock ahead of the 2025 Catholic Holy Year – a tradition dating back to 1300,...
Jubilee 2025 in Rome: everything you need to know - Visit Italy
• The 2025 Jubilee will officially begin on December 24, 2024 with the opening of the Holy Door and will last throughout the year 2025. • The focal point of all Jubilee activities will be St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican and St. Peter's Square.
Vatican and Rome begin dash to 2025 Jubilee with a papal bull …
May 9, 2024 · The Vatican crosses a key milestone Thursday, May 9, 2024, in the run-up to its 2025 Jubilee with the promulgation of the official decree establishing the Holy Year: a once-every-quarter-century event that is expected to bring some 32 million pilgrims to Rome and has already brought months of headaches to Romans.