Pope Francis 200th Jubilee 2024. Pope francis kicked off the 2025 holy year on tuesday (december 24, 2024), inaugurating a celebration of the catholic church that is expected to draw some 32 million. Pope francis opens the holy door of st peter's basilica to mark the start of the catholic jubilee year, at the vatican, dec.

In his christmas day “urbi et orbi,” a solemn papal address, pope francis shared his wish to journey through 2024 as “a pilgrim of hope” treating the new year as “a time of. Pope francis, third from left, celebrates a christmas eve mass on the day the pope opens the holy door to mark the opening of the 2025 catholic holy year, or jubilee, in st.