Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a special Jubilee Year of Saint Francis, marking the 800^th anniversary of the saint’s death. This extraordinary jubilee focuses on themes of peace, ecology, and spiritual renewal, offering a plenary indulgence to pilgrims visiting Franciscan churches.

• Plenary Indulgence: Granted to the faithful who visit Franciscan conventual churches, places of worship, or sites associated with the saint, under the usual conditions (confession, Communion, prayer for the Pope).
• Purpose: To encourage the imitation of St. Francis’s life of holiness, peace, and care for creation in a world marked by conflict.
• Key Event: The body of St. Francis will be publicly displayed for veneration in Assisi during the spring of 2026.