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Pilgrimage Around the World on the Way to Jubilee 2025: 
Oceania (Scott 1782, 2021) 
Asia (Scott 1799, 2022)</center>
 
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Pilgrimage Around the World on the Way to Jubilee 2025: 
Africa (Scott 1821, 2023) 
America (Scott 1842, 2023)</center>
 
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Pilgrimage Around the World on the Way to Jubilee 2025: 
Europe (Scott 1860, 2024)</center>
 
The beginning of the Holy Jubilee Year of 2025 is fast approaching. Over the last couple of years, Vatican City has issued five souvenir sheets under the broad title Pilgrimage Around the World on the Way to Jubilee 2025. Those releases are shown above.
 
In 2022, Pope Francis announced the theme of the Jubilee, Pilgrims of Hope. The logo for the Jubilee can be viewed by clicking on the Vatican News article listed in the references at the end of this email.
 
Last May, the official website and mobile app for Holy Year 2025 went into operation. The website is:
 
<center><a href='https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en.html'>www.iubilaeum2025.va</a></center>
 
Those going to the website or using the app can register to receive a free digital "pilgrim's card," which will be needed to participate in jubilee events, especially gaining access to the Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica. The site and app also provide updates on events leading up to the start of the Holy Year, which traditionally begins on Christmas Eve of the preceding year with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, as well as the other basilicas in Rome.
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Holy Door, Saint Peter's Basilica 
Photo by Deb Nystrom 
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By clicking on a button labeled "Jubilee Paths inside Rome", the website provides information regarding four proposed pilgrimages or "Jubilee Walks" in Rome during the Holy Year:
 
1: The pilgrimage to the four Major Basilicas in Rome; 
2: The traditional pilgrimage of St. Philip Neri to the seven churches in Rome; 
3: The pilgrimage to the churches dedicated to the women doctors of the church and patrons of Europe; and, 
4: The 'Iter Europaeum,' that is, the 28 churches for 27 different European countries, plus the church that represents the European Union.
 
REFERENCES: 
<li>Carol Glanz, Catholic News Agency, May 9, 2023, <a href='https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/holy-year-2025-website-go-live-registration-opens-fall'>Holy Year 2025 website to go live; registration opens in the fall</a> (as presented on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website) 
<li>Jubilee Year 2025 website, <a href='https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en.html'>www.iubilaeum2025.va</a> 
<li>Vatican News, June 28, 2022, <a href='https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-06/official-logo-of-jubilee-year-unveiled.html'>Official Logo of Jubilee unveiled</a> 
<li>Vatican Philatelic Society website, www.vaticanstamps.org, Stamp Database Search

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