Here are some of the many ways one can obtain indulgences during the 2025 Jubilee Year

Here are some of the many ways one can obtain indulgences during the 2025 Jubilee Year:

Make a pilgrimage to Rome

Catholics who make a pilgrimage to Rome during the 2025 Jubilee Year can obtain a plenary indulgence by visiting at least one of the four major papal basilicas: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, or St. Paul Outside the Walls.

Perform works of mercy

The jubilee year is a time when Catholics are especially encouraged to practice the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. The Apostolic Penitentiary lists visiting prisoners, spending time with lonely elderly people, aiding the sick or disabled, and helping those who are in need as instances to obtain an indulgence. Practicing the works of mercy, it says, is “in a sense making a pilgrimage to Christ present in them.”

Fast from social media, defend life, volunteer

Acts of penance can also obtain a plenary indulgence. The Vatican lists several options, including: Abstaining for at least one day a week from “futile distractions,” such as social media or television, fasting, donating “a proportionate sum of money to the poor," supporting religious or social works, especially in the defense of life in all phases, offering support to migrants, the elderly, the poor, young people in difficulty, and abandoned children, and volunteering in service to your community.

Visit your local cathedral

Catholics can also gain a plenary indulgence by making a pious pilgrimage to their cathedral or to another church or shrine selected by the local bishop.

Pray in these basilicas

In addition to the churches already listed, other sacred places around the world have also been designated as places of pilgrimage where one can obtain a plenary indulgence:

In Italy:

Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Assisim Basilica of Our Lady of Loretom Basilica of Our Lady of Pompeii, and Basilica in St. Anthony in Padua.

In the Holy Land:

Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, and Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth.

Find the full list of ways here: https://bit.ly/3BQTVlC

Prepared and updated by:

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,

Penampang, Sabah Malaysia.