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2025 Jubilee
The 2025 Jubilee is a jubilee in the Catholic Church being celebrated in the year 2025. It was announced by Pope John Paul II at the end of the Great Jubilee.[1] This jubilee was preceded by the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy of 2015–2016.[2] The papal bull proclaiming the Jubilee is "Spes non confundit" (Latin for "Hope does not disappoint").[3] It began on Christmas Eve (24 December) 2024 and will continue until Epiphany (6 January) 2026. PreparationAt the close of the 2000 Great Jubilee, Pope John Paul II spoke to the children of the world, noting that the children and young people of that time would be "the leading players at the next Jubilee in 2025".[4] On 26 December 2021, Pope Francis entrusted the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization with the task of making preparations for the Jubilee, since he considered it fundamental for the strengthening of Catholicism.[5] On 3 January 2022, at a meeting held in Rome, it was determined that the motto of the event would be "Pilgrims of Hope".[6] On 22 February the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization called a competition to design the official logo of the 2025 Jubilee, with the main prompt being that the participants base their submissions off of the motto. The Pontifical Council would choose the design which communicated the message the best. The competition was open until 20 May,[7] and at the end of June 2022, the official logo was presented.[8] The papal bull of convocation,[9] named Spes non confundit, took place 9 May 2024, coinciding with the Solemnity of the Ascension. It explains the necessary indications for the celebration of the Jubilee, in which several points were highlighted, among which the following stand out:[10]
On 28 October, the Vatican launched a cartoon mascot named "Luce" (Italian for "light") for the 2025 Jubilee, intending to engage a younger audience.[12] EventsHoly DoorsOpening and closing of the Holy Doors of the four major papal basilicas in Rome signal the beginning and end of the jubilee:[3]
The jubilee began on Christmas Eve (24 December) 2024, with Francis knocking on the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican from his wheelchair. The door was swung open and Francis rolled through the doorway as the basilica's Christmas Eve Mass began.[13] A fifth door, located at the Roman prison in Rebibbia, was opened on 26 December 2024. The act is intended to serve as a symbol "inviting all prisoners to look to the future with hope and a renewed sense of confidence". This was the first time a prison door has been opened to mark the commencement of a jubilee.[14] Conspiracy theoriesIn December 2024, viral posts on Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, and Facebook variously claiming falsely that the pope would be opening "spiritual portals" or "sacred portals"[a] in a "never-before-performed" ritual. Some posts also erroneously claimed that the ritual included opening a "tomb of Lucifer" under the Vatican.[15][16][17] The claim of a new ritual appeared to stem from a New York Post article with a misleading title referring to the opening of the additional Rebibbia prison door.[15] It is unclear where the Tomb of Lucifer claim originated; however, Bible scholar Daniel McClellan stated that a tomb in the Vatican Necropolis labeled as the "Tomb of Lucifer" may have begun the rumor and explained that that in pre-Constantinian times when the tomb was constructed, the name Lucifer did not have Satanic connotations and that contemporary Christians even had Lucifer as their personal name.[15][17] NotesReferences
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