Rome to be spruced up in time for Year of Jubilee, Mayor Gualtieri tells Pope Francis

ROME – In a half-hour audience with Pope Francis on Friday, Rome’s Mayor Roberto Gualtieri reported that more than 1,400 public work sites are open across the city in preparation for the Jubilee Year of 2025, and vowed that the city will be “not only cleaner and more presentable, but also more supportive and inclusive” during the year-long Catholic festival.

Gualtieri presented Pope Francis with a book illustrating 184 principal projects for the Holy Year which, he said, will “change the face” of the city.