Overview
- On Epiphany, Pope Leo XIV shut the bronze Holy Door at St. Peter’s to formally conclude the Holy Year, with the portal to be sealed with bricks and mortar according to tradition.
- Attendance tallies vary, with Vatican and media counts ranging from more than 33 million to about 35 million pilgrims visiting from roughly 160 to 185 countries since Christmas 2024.
- The Jubilee unfolded across two pontificates as Pope Francis opened the Holy Doors at Christmas 2024 before his death on Easter Monday 2025, and Pope Leo XIV led the later events and the closure.
- A signature gathering was the World Youth Meeting at Rome’s Tor Vergata, which drew about 1.2 million participants for an open-air Mass celebrated by Pope Leo.
- Rome and Vatican officials, including Mayor Roberto Gualtieri and Archbishop Rino Fisichella, praised the year’s outcome and pointed to completed transport works and urban upgrades tied to the events.