Year of St. Francis 2026-2027

Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a special Jubilee Year (10 January 2026 – 10 January 2027) coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi.

Remarking that “Our time is not very different from that in which Francis lived and precisely in the light of this his teaching is perhaps even more valid  and understandable today”, Pope Leo proclaims that “When Christian charity languishes, ignorance  spreads like immorality, and those who exalt concord among peoples do so  more out of selfishness than out of a sincere Christian spirit; when the virtual  takes over the real, disagreements and social violence are part of everyday life  and peace becomes more insecure and distant every day, this Year of St. Francis  spurs all of us, each according to our possibilities, to imitate the poor man of Assisi, to form ourselves as far as possible on the model of Christ”…

Read the decree in full here