The Vatican presented the logo for the 2025 Jubilee Year in the Sala Regia of the Apostolic Palace. The Holy Year will be celebrated in Rome with the motto: “Pilgrims of Hope.”
With the Italian Minister of Tourism, the President of the Lazio Region and the Mayor of Rome present, the Vatican Secretary of State described the significance of the slogan.
CARD. PIETRO PAROLIN
Vatican Secretary of State
Hope calls all to be responsible builders of a better world.
Archbishop Rino Fisichella explained the criteria for choosing the logo. 294 proposals were received from 213 cities and 48 different countries. The youngest of the participants was 6 years old. All dioceses worldwide will be able to use the logo free of charge to promote their pastoral activity.
Fisichella says that Rome faces a challenges in welcoming pilgrims to the Eternal City for the Jubilee Year. Fortunately, there is time to prepare.
ABP. RINO FISICHELLA
President, Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization
These two years also serve to make Rome a city and Italy a country that can once again show its best self with its tradition of hospitality that over the centuries has made it known as a “patria communis.”
At the end of the press conference, Giacomo Trevissani spoke about his design chosen to represent the Jubilee Year. He explains that his inspiration came from Pope Francis.
GIACOMO TREVISSANI
Author of the logo
I imagined the Pope, today's Peter, leading God's people toward the common goal. They were embracing the cross, which has become an anchor, a solid reference for humanity. And we the people were clinging to each other and to that anchor. And so, in this way, we, too, can symbolically evoke pilgrims of all ages.
This Jubilee Year will be celebrated in 2025—25 years after Pope John Paul II concluded the last Jubilee in 2000 in Rome.
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