Jubilee 2025: 30 practical examples to gain indulgences

The Jubilee of Hope 2025 is already underway, and with it, a unique opportunity to renew faith and obtain plenary indulgences throughout the Holy Year.

As basic requirements to obtain plenary indulgence, it is essential that the faithful be truly repentant, exclude all affection for sin, act moved by charity, purify themselves through Confession, receive Communion and pray for the Pope’s intentions.

This indulgence, which can also be applied in suffrage for the souls in Purgatory, can only be granted by the Church when carrying out a concrete action in addition to the prerequisites.

This guide offers 30 practical examples to obtain this grace granted by the Church through the merits of Jesus Christ, which are detailed by the Vatican in a recent official document.

1. Devoutly participate in a Mass at a designated jubilee church.

2. Attend spiritual exercises.

3. Participate in training meetings on texts from the Second Vatican Council.

4. Attend training meetings on the Catechism.

5. Make a pilgrimage to one of the four Major Papal Basilicas in Rome.

6. Visit one of the three Basilicas in the Holy Land (Holy Sepulchre, Nativity or Annunciation).

7. Pilgrimage to a cathedral church or other churches and sacred places designated in the different dioceses.

8. Devoutly visit a jubilee site designated by the local bishop and perform Eucharistic adoration.

9. Make the traditional visit of the “seven Churches” in Rome.

10. Pray the Lord’s Prayer and the Creed in any legitimate way after hearing the words of the Pope or the local bishop in the media (only valid when there are serious health reasons).

11. Visit the Christian Catacombs in Rome.

12. Pilgrimage to a minor Papal Basilica, like those in Assisi.

13. Visit a Marian shrine designated for the Jubilee.

14. Participate in a ritual Mass to confer sacraments of Christian initiation (Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, or Anointing of the Sick) in a jubilee setting.

15. Attend a celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours at a jubilee location.

16. Pray the Way of the Cross in a place designated for the Jubilee.

17. Recite the Marian Rosary in a jubilee place.

18. Participate in a community penitential celebration with individual confession in a jubilee place.

19. Perform a corporal work of mercy, such as feeding the hungry.

20. Carry out a work of spiritual mercy, such as comforting the sad.

21. Visit the sick, imprisoned or elderly in solitude.

22. Refrain from banal distractions during a Friday (e.g. social media) and donate to the poor.

23. Fast or practice abstinence according to the norms of the Church.

24. Support works of a religious or social nature, especially in defense of life.

25. Dedicate free time to volunteer activities.

26. Receive the Papal Blessing given by bishops in cathedrals or jubilee churches.

27. Participate in popular or parish missions to facilitate the reunion of people with Christ.

28. Performing an act of charity for the souls in Purgatory and receiving Communion a second time on the same day allows for a second indulgence on a single day.

29. Visit the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem in Rome.

30. Pilgrimage to a national or international shrine designated by episcopal conferences.