Eight hundred years ago, St. Francis of Assisi embraced Sister Death and passed to eternal life. In celebration of this anniversary, and at the behest of Pope Leo XIV, the Apostolic Penitentiary has decreed a Jubilee Year of St. Francis, celebrated from January 10th 2026 to January 10th 2027.
Transforming Hope Into Action
Eight hundred years ago, St. Francis of Assisi embraced Sister Death and passed to eternal life. In celebration of this anniversary, and at the behest of Pope Leo XIV, the Apostolic Penitentiary has decreed that a Jubilee Year of St. Francis will be celebrated from January 10, 2026, to January 10, 2027.
Immediately following the Jubilee Year of Hope, the Jubilee Year of St. Francis invites all pilgrims to transform their hope into action, following the example of St. Francis of Assisi and becoming models of a holy life and constant witnesses of peace. Inspired by the “Pardon of Assisi” granted by Pope Honorius III to St. Francis, a plenary indulgence will be granted to all faithful who make a pilgrimage to any Franciscan conventual church or place of worship dedicated to St. Francis in any part of the world and complete the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion, and prayer for the Holy Father’s intentions).
Visit: https://tinyurl.com/francisjubilee to read the decree on the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe website.
As we commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis on October 3, 2026, we join Pope Leo XIV in his hope that St. Francis’s message of peace will find “a profound echo in the Church and society today.”
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