Journalists to gather in Rome for Jubilee of the World of Communications

Pope Francis meets with the journalists covering the Vatican on Jan. 22, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Madrid, Spain, Jan 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

At the end of this month, Rome will host the first jubilee event of the holy year to take place following the opening of the Holy Doors: the Jubilee of the World of Communications.

Media professionals from different countries will gather Jan. 24–26 in the Eternal City to take part in this event, with the program including an audience with Pope Francis.

Journalists, video producers, editors, graphic designers, and social media managers all are invited to make this pilgrimage to Rome to renew their faith and experience the graces granted by the 2025 Jubilee of Hope.

After an event to welcome the participants and a penitential liturgy on the evening of Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m. local time, the gathered communicators will take part in a Mass in St. John Lateran Basilica for the feast day of St. Francis de Sales, the patron saint of journalists and writers.

On Jan. 25, a pilgrimage will begin at 8 a.m. local time to the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica. Since the door was opened by Pope Francis on Dec. 24, more than a half a million faithful from all over the world have already passed through it.

At the end of the Mass, attendees will go to the Vatican to take part in a meeting at 10 a.m. local time led by the Filipino journalist Maria Ressa and Irish writer Colum McCann. Later, at 12:30 p.m. the audience with Pope Francis will take place in Paul VI Hall.

On Saturday afternoon, the Dicastery for Communication is offering a cultural and spiritual meeting, also in Paul VI Hall, followed by a live broadcast of vespers presided over by the Holy Father in St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica to conclude the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Later, the documentary “Green Lava” will be shown.

Only those with an invitation will be able to take part in an event for young communicators titled “Uniting Communicators for a Shared Journey.”

Other conferences and events have also been organized, including a talk at the Lateran Palace titled “Journalism as a Mission: Giving Voice to the Voiceless on the Outskirts of Humankind,” organized by the Vicariate of Rome, and “Communicating Hope and Peace” organized by the Office of Social Communication of the Italian Bishops’ Conference to be held at Santa Maria in Trastevere basilica.

There will also be a roundtable organized by the Pauline Family at Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola Basilica and a meeting with Vaticanists at LUMSA University, organized by the Spanish Bishops’ Conference.

Finally, on Jan. 26, the media professionals will participate in the Sunday of the Word of God Mass presided over by Pope Francis at 9:30 a.m. local time in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA.