Rome opens to the world in Jubilee 2025 

A renewed and resplendent Rome welcomes pilgrims from all over the world for the twenty-fifth Ordinary Universal Jubilee of the Catholic Church! This is an event of global importance, unique in its kind, a unique opportunity for meeting, exchange and union between all the people who, bound by faith in the Church, decide to make a pilgrimage to the center of Christianity. Each of them will have the goal of experiencing a moment of sharing and prayer together with the Pope. The theme chosen by Pope Francis is “Pilgrims of Hope“. This is a celebration that lasts a year and includes a very dense and specific calendar of events dedicated to the different social, artistic, territorial, work and generational communities that make up the Catholic universe. Let’s take a few examples:

• from February 15 to 18, the Jubilee of artists;
• from April 28 to 29, the Jubilee of people with disabilities;
• from May 1 to 4, the Jubilee of workers;
• from July 28 to August 3 the Jubilee of Youth will be held;
• from October 4 to 5 the Jubilee of the Missionary World.

These are just a few examples of the various events that will take place throughout 2025. To find out the entire calendar, go to this link.

Each of these events will include numerous events organized between Rome and the Vatican and will determine the presence in the area of ​​pilgrims and tourists eager to participate and take home an indelible memory.

As per tradition, the Jubilee opened with a solemn and eagerly awaited event by the entire Catholic world: the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, which was held on December 24, 2024. On that occasion, Pope Francis blessed the Jubilee year with a gesture that symbolizes the passage that every Christian must make from sin to grace. The Holy Door will then be closed on January 6, 2026 in the event that will conclude the Jubilee year.

The Jubilee Walks and other events planned in Rome 

In addition to religious meetings, the Jubilee also includes specific itineraries for those visiting Rome. For example:

• The Jubilee Walk among the Papal Basilicas: an itinerary that takes pilgrims to visit the four Papal Basilicas in Rome, which are St. Peter’s in the Vatican, St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major and St. Paul Outside the Walls; these are the “major” churches in Rome that are characterized by the Holy Doors, which are opened by the Pope for the duration of the Jubilee year.
• The pilgrimage of the seven churches: this is an itinerary created by St. Philip Neri in the 16th century, and which over the last five centuries has become a true Roman tradition; along the 25 km of its route, pilgrims will be able to visit the entire city, up to the Appian Way and the Christian catacombs; the seven churches included in the itinerary are:

• St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican;
• the Basilica of St. Mary Major;
• the Basilica of St. John Lateran;
• the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls;
• the Basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls;
• the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem;
• the Basilica of San Sebastiano Outside the Walls.

• The Walk among the Jubilee churches, these are the churches chosen and indicated as meeting points for pilgrims where masses and meetings will be planned in various languages. At this link you can find out about all the Jubilee churches and the events planned at their locations.
• The Iter Europaeum is the walk of the churches of the European Union that unfolds between 28 stages in as many national churches and basilicas of Rome. Do you know what national churches are? They are churches that are located in the center of Rome and that are historically linked to individual European countries for cultural, artistic reasons or for a tradition of welcoming pilgrims from a particular State of the European community. Let’s look at a few examples:

• the church of San Luigi dei Francesi is the French national church;
• the church of San Stanislao is the Polish national church;
• the church of Sant’Antonio dei Portoghesi is the Portuguese national church;
• the Church of San Pietro in Montorio is the Spanish national church;
• the Church of Santa Brigida in Campo de Fiori is the Swedish national church;
• the Church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli is the church of the European Union.

To know all the national churches of the Iter Europaeum, you can consult this link.

• Patronesses of Europe and Doctors of the Church is the name given to a particular pilgrimage route that can be traveled during this Jubilee of 2025; it celebrates the venerable figures of European women saints, who over the years have been proclaimed by the Church as Patronesses of Europe and Doctors of the Church. The route touches some churches in Rome that have a particular role in recalling the memory of these holy figures. Some of the main figures are Saint Brigida, Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Saint Cecilia, Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, Saint Teresa of Avila. More details are available at this link.

The Pilgrim Welcome Center – Info Point, the Jubilee at your fingertips and the Testimonium 

The Pilgrim Center in via della Conciliazione 7, near the Colonnade of St. Peter, is the point of reference for pilgrims and tourists seeking support in managing all logistical and organizational issues related to the Jubilee events. This specialized Info Point is open from Monday to Sunday, from 10 am to 5 pm. In addition to providing information on events, here you can learn more about the volunteer service, find information material and talk to a team of operators. Pilgrims will be issued a testimonium, the document that certifies the pilgrimage.

A delicious proposal for pilgrims and tourists of the 2025 Jubilee in Rome 

Insideat has had its operational base in Rome since its foundation and every year it welcomes and entertains thousands of lovers of Italian cuisine and good Italian wine from all over the world. Our cooking classes take place just a few steps from the center of Christianity, the Vatican, in the Pummarè restaurant/pizzeria in via Andrea Doria 41/L, about 200 meters from the Vatican Museums. This is also why we have always been the favorite place for tourists visiting the center of Rome and the Vatican. Furthermore, the location, equipped with air conditioning, a Neapolitan-style wood-fired oven and large spaces and workstations for guests, is located above the Mercato Trionfale, the largest food market in Rome. This place is visited every day by thousands of Romans and tourists eager to buy the best of Italian food and wine production to take back home. In this fortunate and wonderful context, we hold fun and relaxing cooking classes. Whether it’s a lesson on Neapolitan pizza, or how to make fresh pasta and tiramisu, our commitment to our guests is total, and the positive reviews prove it. Let’s look at some of our proposals below.

• If you want to immerse yourself completely in Italian cuisine for about three hours, we suggest you take part in the Pasta, ravioli and tiramisu class in Rome. You will learn the history of tiramisu and create it with your own hands! You will also be able to prepare fresh egg pasta in the fettuccine and ravioli formats (filled with ricotta). This pasta will then be served with a sauce of your choice such as carbonara, cacio e pepe, pesto or tomato and basil.
• If you don’t have three hours available and want to focus only on fettuccine and tiramisu, without preparing the ravioli, in less than two hours you can take part in the Fettuccine & Homemade Tiramisù making class in Rome!
• If you love Italian artisanal Gelato, the Gelato and fettuccine class in Rome is the best choice. You will learn the basics of preparing artisanal gelato, using a professional gelato machine. In addition to gelato, you will be able to learn how to prepare fettuccine, starting from flour and eggs. Finally, you will taste the fettuccine and the gelato comfortably seated at the restaurant table.
• If instead you want to learn in an hour how to make fresh pasta, Insideat offers you the 1 hour Pasta class in Rome. The chefs will be at your disposal to quickly create a perfect dough with quality Italian ingredients and to obtain the fettuccine by cutting them manually. This cooking class will allow you to have a fun experience in a short time, without having to give up visiting the city of Rome.
• If you are a pizza lover, the 1 hour Pizza class in Rome by Insideat is the best choice you can make. In an hour, you will learn the secrets of the long-ripening dough, the stretching techniques and baking in a typical Neapolitan wood-fired oven. You will be able to top your pizza with a wide choice of quality Italian ingredients.
• Finally, Insideat offers you another truly fun and immersive option, the Market Tour & Italian Cooking Experience in Rome; a long tour of the Mercato Trionfale in Rome, the largest Italian market, with tastings of typical products, will precede a cooking class of your choice among those described above. This is a private experience that can be structured according to your needs.

Insideat does not only offer cooking lessons, in our catalog of the 2025 Jubilee you will also find various food tours in the center of Rome, to discover the delights of the capital of Italy.

To view the full range of experiences organized by Insideat in Italy, you can consult the catalog on the website 

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