Rio de Janeiro archdiocesan jubilee decree (2025)

PlenaryLocal / restricted

Rio de Janeiro archdiocesan holy year: those prevented

Join the jubilee spiritually when a serious obstacle prevents attendance.

Time required No fixed duration; spiritual union and the prescribed offering.

When
2025-07-19–2026-11-16
Where
Where the eligible person is prevented from attending
Who
Elderly and sick faithful, and those unable to leave home for a serious reason
Application
Self or the departed

The prescribed work

  1. Unite spiritually with the jubilee celebrations and offer prayer, suffering or personal difficulties to God.
  2. Detach from sin and intend to fulfil the usual conditions as soon as possible.

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.

Spiritual union when legitimately impeded

Duration varies

Variable; no fixed number of minutes is prescribed.

No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. Unite spiritually and perform the prescribed prayers or offering in the manner stated in this grant. No duration for suffering is imposed.

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
19 July 2025
Stated end
16 November 2026

Source and exact reference

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