![]() Other art exhibits will take place throughout the run-up to and during the jubilee, including ones that will rotate into places like hospitals and prisons, he said. The exhibit will be held in the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone facing onto Piazza Navona and will feature El Greco’s three masterpieces: “The Baptism of Christ,” “Christ Carrying the Cross” and “Christ Blessing.” The pieces “have never left Spain and are being made available for this very occasion,” he said. Starting in September, he said, they will open an exhibition “with works by the great Spanish Renaissance artist, El Greco.” ![]() “Rome has always been a cultural attraction and our aim is that the pilgrim may also become a tourist, just as the tourist may be fascinated by the pilgrim experience,” said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the section. Pope Francis has chosen the theme, “Pilgrims of Hope,” for the jubilee year, which is marked by pilgrimages, prayer, repentance and acts of mercy. This is the logo chosen by the Vatican for the Holy Year 2025. It marks “an important effort carried out in agreement with the (Italian) Ministry of Tourism, which will encourage the discovery of many places often unknown to tourists themselves.” “Tools are being prepared to better introduce pilgrims into these paths and to promote knowledge of the works of art in the various churches,” he said. Philip Neri with the seven churches the pilgrimage on the churches dedicated to the women doctors of the church and patrons of Europe and the ‘Iter Europaeum,’ that is, the 28 churches in 27 different European countries, plus the church that represents the European Union.” People can choose from three proposed pilgrimages: “the traditional pilgrimage of St. Peter’s and the other basilicas as well as offer the possibility of organizing one’s own pilgrimage within the city, Msgr. The jubilee website and app will give news and information on the Holy Door of St. There also will be an option to purchase a “service card” for a nominal fee to receive special discounts for transportation, lodging, food and museums during the pilgrimage. Registrants will receive a digital “pilgrim’s card,” which is a personal QR code needed to access jubilee events and better facilitate the pilgrimage to the Holy Door, the monsignor said. ![]() ![]() People can begin registering online starting in September, he said, “by clicking on the ‘participate’ button.” After registering, people will be able to access a personal page on the site’s “pilgrim’s zone,” which will also go live in September. The jubilee website was to go live May 10 and be available in nine languages, he said at a news conference at the Vatican May 9. Graham Bell, undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization’s section that is coordinating the Holy Year. VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican office in charge of coordinating plans for the Holy Year 2025 announced they are launching a new website and releasing an app to help people register and to guide them along their pilgrimage in Rome.īy registering online at iubilaeum2025.va or on the jubilee app, people will receive a free digital “pilgrim’s card,” which will be needed to participate in jubilee events, especially gaining access to the Holy Door at St. The pope has approved the theme, “Pilgrims of Hope,” to be the motto for the Holy Year 2025. In the background at left is retired Pope Benedict XVI, who walked through the Holy Door after Pope Francis. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in this Dec. Pope Francis prays after walking through the Holy Door to inaugurate the Jubilee Year of Mercy in St.
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