Year of Jubilee: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Holy Year

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Pope Francis, seen from behind in white papal vestments, opens the ornate bronze Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

A woman in a yellow jacket stands in front of the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, featuring a bronze relief of the crucifixion and a single red rose at its base.

Pope Leo XIV, dressed in white papal robes, sits inside a helicopter looking out the window at a massive crowd gathered for the Jubilee of Youth prayer vigil near Rome.

Camino Holy Year pilgrims

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World Youth Day holy days of obligation Feast of the Holy Family Feast of Christ the King

Key People

Boniface VIII

Boniface VIII

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Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

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