Guadalupe Basilica fiftieth anniversary

Visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe during its jubilee year.

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Time required Variable: a complete visit and either the prescribed rites or prayer.

When: 12 October 2026–12 October 2027
Where: Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City
Who: All eligible faithful
Application: Self or the departed

The prescribed work

Visit the basilica devoutly and with a contrite spirit; participate in a liturgical act or spend time in prayer there.
Recite the Creed, as expressly directed by the cardinal’s communiqué for this jubilee, and fulfil the usual plenary conditions.
These directions follow the cardinal’s signed official communiqué. The underlying Apostolic Penitentiary rescript has not been retrieved; consult the shrine for that complete decree.

The work and its conditions

A plenary indulgence also requires complete detachment from every sin, sacramental confession, Holy Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, subject to the grant’s stated exceptions. The ordinary limit is one plenary indulgence per day.

Conditions common to every indulgence

The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.

Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.

Time required

Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.

Pilgrimage/visit with jubilee rites

Complete the prescribed event

Length of the prescribed celebration.

No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. Include the devout visit, actual participation in the chosen liturgical act, and the Creed expressly directed by the cardinal’s communiqué.

Timing sources

Pilgrimage/visit with prayer

Duration varies

Variable; no fixed number of minutes is prescribed.

No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. Complete the devout visit and time of prayer, and recite the Creed expressly directed by the cardinal’s communiqué. The source supplies no additional mandatory closing-prayer list.

Timing sources

What the time estimate excludes

Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
Separate confession, Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, except where a branch expressly includes the prescribed celebration

Stated start: 12 October 2026
Stated end: 12 October 2027

Prayer texts and resources

Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.

Source and exact reference

Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.