POPE LEO XIV PROCLAIMS A YEAR OF GRACE FOR OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE | SG News
Pope Leo XIV has granted a special Guadalupano Jubilee Year at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, offering Catholics an extraordinary opportunity for pilgrimage, prayer, conversion and spiritual renewal. The Jubilee will begin on October 12, 2026, and continue until October 12, 2027, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the new Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe and the transfer of the sacred image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to its present sanctuary on October 12, 1976. The opening also coincides with the 131st anniversary of the Pontifical Coronation of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop Primate of Mexico, announced the Jubilee with gratitude and invited Catholics to gather at the Basilica for the solemn opening Mass at noon on October 12. During the Jubilee Year, Catholics who devoutly visit the Basilica with a contrite heart, …More