Journalists worldwide will meet together in the Vatican for the first jubilee event of the Holy Year after the opening of the Holy Doors.
From Friday, January 24 to Sunday, January 26, communication professionals from different countries will meet in the Eternal City to participate in this great event, the program of which includes an audience with Pope Francis.
Journalists, media operators, video makers, editors, graphic designers, social media managers… all are invited to make this pilgrimage to renew their faith and experience the graces granted by the Jubilee of Hope 2025.
Following a welcome and penitential liturgy on the evening of 24 January at 5:30 p.m. (local time), the communication experts will take part in a Mass at the Basilica of St. John Lateran on the occasion of the feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists and writers.
On 25th Saturday the event will begin at 8:00 (local time) with a pilgrimage to the Holy Door of St. Peter, which since it was opened by Pope Francis on 24 December, has already been crossed by more than half a million faithful from all over the world.
At the end of the Mass, they will go to the Vatican to participate at 10:00 (local time) in the cultural meeting led by the Filipino journalist Maria Ressa and the Irish writer Colum McCan. Later, at 12:30, the meeting with Pope Francis will take place in the Paul VI Hall.
On Saturday afternoon, the Dicastery for Communication is offering a cultural and spiritual meeting, also in the Paul VI Hall, followed by a live broadcast from the Augustinian Institute of Vespers presided over by the Holy Father in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, as a conclusion to the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Later, the documentary “ Green Lava ” will be screened.
Only those with an invitation will be able to participate in an event aimed at young communicators entitled “Bringing communicators together for a shared journey.”
Other conferences and events have also been organised, including a talk at the Lateran Palace entitled “Journalism as a mission, giving voice to the voiceless on the outskirts of humanity”, promoted by the Vicariate of Rome, and “Communicating hope and peace”, led by the Office of Social Communication of the Italian Episcopal Conference at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.