Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a special Jubilee Year coinciding with the 800th Anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi.

According to the decree, Pope Leo has established a special year of St. Francis may be proclaimed, in which every Christian, "following the example of the Saint of Assisi may himself become a model of holiness of life and a constant witness of peace."

On this 800th anniversary you will receive a Papal plenary indulgence "under the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion, and prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father), which can be applied in the form of suffrage for the souls of Purgatory."

The elderly, the sick, and those who take care of them and all those who for serious reasons are unable to leave their homes, will also be able to obtain the Plenary Indulgence, provided that they are detached from any sin and intend to fulfill the three usual conditions as soon as possible, if they join spiritually in the Jubilee celebrations of the Year of St. Francis, offering their prayers to the Merciful God, the pains and sufferings of one's life.

The indulgence* will be granted to those who participate in a pilgrimage "to any Franciscan conventual Church, or place of worship in any part of the world named after St. Francis or connected to him for any reason."

*"An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints."  (CCCM.1471)