ROME – The Vatican has issued guidance on how to obtain the traditional plenary indulgence during the upcoming Jubilee of Hope, placing a special emphasis on individual and group pilgrimages to holy sites.
The Jubilee of Hope is set to start on 24 Dec. 2023 and will formally close on 6 Jan., the Feast of the Epiphany, in 2026. Its theme is “Pilgrims of Hope”.
Indulgences, which involve the full remission of the temporal consequences of a person’s sins after they have been absolved, are a special feature of Jubilee years, and are a way, according to the Vatican, of “discovering the unlimited nature of God’s mercy”.
