Pilgrimages in Spirit
Those impeded by “serious reasons”—cloistered religious, the elderly, the sick, prisoners, caregivers—can get the indulgence by uniting spiritually with pilgrims, especially through EWTN or other media, and reciting an Our Father and Creed, “offering up their sufferings or the hardships of their lives.”
https://www.ncregister.com/news/jubilee-2025-indulgences
—Register Staff, “12 Ways to Obtain a Jubilee Indulgence,” National Catholic Register (January 3, 2025)
Jubilee Year 2025 Decree, May 13, 2024
Pious Visits to Sacred Places
…the faithful can obtain the Jubilee Indulgence if, individually or in a group, they devoutly visit any Jubilee site and there, for a suitable period of time, engage in Eucharistic adoration and meditation, concluding with the Our Father, the Profession of Faith in any legitimate form, and invocations to Mary, the Mother of God, so that in this Holy Year everyone “will come to know the closeness of Mary, the most affectionate of mothers, who never abandons her children” (Spes non confundit, 24).
…The faithful who are truly repentant of sin but who cannot participate in the various solemn celebrations, pilgrimages and pious visits for serious reasons (especially cloistered nuns and monks, but also the elderly, the sick, prisoners, and those who, through their work in hospitals or other care facilities, provide continuous service to the sick), can obtain the Jubilee Indulgence, under the same conditions if, united in spirit with the faithful taking part in person, (especially when the words of the Supreme Pontiff or the diocesan Bishop are transmitted through the various means of communication), they recite the Our Father, the Profession of Faith in any approved form, and other prayers in conformity with the objectives of the Holy Year, in their homes or wherever they are confined (e.g. in the chapel of the monastery, hospital, nursing home, prison...) offering up their sufferings or the hardships of their lives;….
https://www.usccb.org/resources/Indulgence_Vatican_Bollettino.pdf
—Offices of the Apostolic Penitentiary, “Decree on the Granting of Indulgence during the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025 called by His Holiness Pope Francis,” Holy See Press Office, May 13, 2024
The Vatican has detailed how to obtain plenary indulgences—removing temporal punishment for sin through Christ’s merits—during the 2025 Jubilee Year.
Requirements: detachment from sin (even venial), confession within about 20 days, Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions (e.g., an Our Father and Hail Mary). Each indulgence requires a separate Communion and prayer, ideally on the day of the indulgenced act. Only one plenary indulgence can be obtained per day, but a second is possible if applied to souls in purgatory.
Ways to obtain the indulgence include:
Pilgrimages
Visit any site designated for Jubilee pilgrimages by the local bishop.
https://www.ncregister.com/news/jubilee-2025-indulgences
—Ibid.
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