What Can the Jubilee Year of St Francis Do for the World?

Pope Leo XIV expected to visit Assisi during Year of St. Francis, archbishop says

ROME (OSV News): The Italian hilltown of Assisi is anticipating a visit from Pope Leo XIV during the special Jubilee Year of St. Francis as the city celebrates the 800th anniversary of the death of its most famous saint. “We are already looking forward to Pope Leo’s visit in the coming year,” Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino,…

What can the Jubilee Year of St Francis do for the world?

After Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Jubilee Year of St Francis from 10 January, 2026, to 10 January, 2027, the Vatican's Apostolic Penitentiary also issued a decree granting a plenary indulgence to mark the 800th anniversary year of the popular saint's death.