UBILEE YEAR OF HOPE 2025 HOLY DOOR SCHEDULE TIMELINES

2025 is the Jubilee Year – Holy Year in Rome and around the world.

For the Jubilee 2025, there are four Holy Doors in Rome located at the major basilicas:

  • St. Peter’s Basilica,
  • St. John Lateran,
  • St. Mary Major
  • St. Paul Outside the Walls
  • A fifth Holy Door was also opened at the Rebibbia Prison in Rome.

The Jubilee began with the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, and will conclude with the closing of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica on January 6, 2026. The last three Holy Doors will be closed on Sunday, 28 December 2025

Locations and Opening Dates

St. Peter’s Basilica: The main holy door in Rome. It was opened on December 24, 2024, and will close on January 6, 2026.

St. John Lateran: Opened on December 29, 2024.

St. Mary Major: Opened on January 1, 2025.

St. Paul Outside the Walls: Opened on January 5, 2025.

Rebibbia Prison: Opened on December 26, 2024.

Significance and Purpose

Symbolic Journey: Crossing the Holy Door represents a spiritual journey of passing from sin to grace, guided by Jesus, who is the door.

Plenary Indulgence: Those who pass through the Holy Doors in accordance with Jubilee’s requirements can receive a plenary indulgence, which is a remission of the temporal punishment for sins.

Hope and Reconciliation: The Jubilee is themed “Pilgrims of Hope” and is a time for prayer, forgiveness, reconciliation, and pilgrimage.

For Jubilee Year of Hope, 2025: The Vatican has designated specific holy doors in Rome’s major basilicas, not individual parish churches. However, bishops worldwide are expected to designate local “pilgrimage sites,” such as cathedrals, where faithful can participate in the Jubilee activities. 

For example, the Diocese of Fort Worth has assigned the following Parishes as pilgrimage churches with holy doors.  

  • St. Patrick Cathedral,
  • Immaculate Conception of Mary Parish,
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, St. Philip the Apostle Parish
  • Sacred Heart Parish 

Rome Basilicas

  • St. Peter’s Basilica: The main holy door in Rome. 
  • St. John Lateran Basilica: Another significant holy door. 
  • St. Mary Major Basilica: A third designated basilica with a holy door. 
  • St. Paul’s Outside the Walls: The fourth of the major basilicas to have a holy door. 

Local Pilgrimage Sites

  • For a complete list of local pilgrimage sites, check with your local diocese. 
  • For those in the US, you can find a list of designated pilgrimage sites for all the Dioceses on their websites. For instance, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the Diocese of Fort Worth, Diocese of Dallas, the Archdiocese of Seattle, etc, all listed their local pilgrimage sites on their websites. 

How to cross a Holy Door

You can register in advance on the official Jubilee website for a specific time slot.

You can show up without a reservation and go to the Jubilee booth for assistance.

For tourists, you can enter St. Peter’s Basilica and ask for directions to the Holy Door.

The holy doors are open during the basilicas’ normal opening hours.

Important notes

  • The holy doors at the major basilicas in Rome opened on December 24, 2024, and will remain open until the end of the Jubilee Year on January 6, 2026. 
  • Participating in a pilgrimage to a designated holy door can earn a plenary indulgence. 
  • Individuals who can not travel to Rome can participate in Jubilee by making a pilgrimage to a local designated site. 
  • Registration for the pilgrimage to the holy door at St. Peter’s Basilica is done through the official Jubilee 2025 website, which is free. 

Plenary Indulgence

In his proclamation of the Jubilee of 2025, Pope Francis announced an indulgence would be available to the faithful during the jubilee year. The indulgence, he explained, would be “a way of discovering the unlimited nature of God’s mercy.”

A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ to remove the temporal punishment due to sin.

“May the Jubilee be a moment of genuine, personal encounter with the Lord Jesus, the ‘door’ (cf. Jn 10:7.9) of our salvation.” – Pope Francis

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