Joint public health advice for travellers attending the Jubilee 2025
30 April 2025
| Advocacy brief
Overview
The Jubilee will take place in Rome, Italy and the Vatican City State, in 2025. Also known as a Holy Year, the Jubilee is one of the Catholic Church’s major global events, expected to draw more than 30 million visitors, spread out across the year, until its end on 6 January 2026. Traditionally held every 25 years, it’s a period during which pilgrims travel to Rome and the Vatican and visit certain designated churches and attend religious services.
If you are travelling to attend, follow this health advice to protect your health and well-being.*
*The contribution of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) to this advice only concerns threats to human health posed by infectious diseases, according to its legal mandate.
WHO Team
Italy,
WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE)
