The Jubilee, also known as the Holy Year, has begun with visitors flocking to Rome, the Vatican City and across Italy.
Pope Francis kicked off the event while opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Tuesday.
The sacred event for the Catholic Church is typically held every 25 years for patrons to ask forgiveness for their sins.
The Vatican anticipates over 32 million pilgrims to travel during the Jubilee year, according to the U.S. Embassy in Italy.
In a letter, Pope Francis wrote, “It is my hope that the coming Jubilee Year will be celebrated and experienced.”
“The spiritual dimension of the Jubilee, which calls for conversion, should also embrace these fundamental aspects of our life in society as part of a coherent whole. In the realization that all of us are pilgrimson this earth, which the Lord has charged us …