Holy Year extended?

[Anniesantiago]

I apologize if this has already been answered. I did a search on Holy Year and there were three pages of posts, none of which seemed to directly answer the question.

Has the Pope extended Holy Year through 2020?
If so, where can I find the verification?

Thanks,
Annie

 

[henrythedog]

Through 2022? Yes.

There is something more official elsewhere, but you’ll see that Ivar lists the Holy Year(s) credential as 2021/22

Official Camino HOLY YEAR 2021/2022 Passport (Credential)

The photo above is of a passport with stamps. This passport comes with no stamps, you collect them when you walk. ⚠️ Note: I also sell the normal credential if you prefer this one. Both these credentials are valid during the holy years and also the years after. Also have a look at the...

www.santiagodecompostela.me

 

[C clearly]

Here is a thread with a link

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/pope-agrees-2022-also-a-holy-year.69116/

 

[Arn]

Another link:

Santiago de Compostela begins extraordinary “Holy Year”

Pope Francis extends Xacobeo 2021 a further 12 months because of coronavirus pandemic

international.la-croix.com

cut and paste if site doesn't highlight

 

[Anniesantiago]

Thank you all!

 

[Kathy F.]

Thank you all!

Yep, Annie. 2022, already have my Passport from Ivar. See you there!

 

[Sherpa47]

Ok

I apologize if this has already been answered. I did a search on Holy Year and there were three pages of posts, none of which seemed to directly answer the question.

Has the Pope extended Holy Year through 2020?
If so, where can I find the verification?

Thanks,
Annie

At the special Mass said in Santiago a few weeks ago it celebrated the Holy Door which is only opened during a Holy Year. At the end of the Mass a Papal Annuncio delivered a special message from the Pope who decreed that 2022 will also be a Holy Year in Santiago.

 

[John Crawford Howell]

I was planning my return to the Camino Frances in the spring of 2022, but have the sense it will be very crowded, so I'm thinking of waiting until 2023.

 

[Anniesantiago]

I was planning my return to the Camino Frances in the spring of 2022, but have the sense it will be very crowded, so I'm thinking of waiting until 2023.

I've made all my reservations for 2022! ::happy jump:::
I don't know that it will be any more crowded than any other Holy Year.
Just have to wait and see.

 

[John Crawford Howell]

I don't know the stats, Annie; I'm making the assumption that modern Holy Years are more crowded than non Holy Years. Perhaps I should not care, and do like you and "happy jump"

 

[JabbaPapa]

Has the Pope extended Holy Year through 2020?

The biggest surprise, though the Bishop of Santiago had reportedly requested an extension to July 25th 2022, is that the Pope granted an extension to 31st December instead.

 

[Kathy F.]

I've made all my reservations for 2022! ::happy jump:::
I don't know that it will be any more crowded than any other Holy Year.
Just have to wait and see.

Annie, I never made reservations, but I never walked during a Holy Year. What reservations have you made? How do you know where you will be each night?? Are you talking hotels/casa rurales or albergues? Just want to figure out the things I don't know.

 

[Anniesantiago]

Annie, I never made reservations, but I never walked during a Holy Year. What reservations have you made? How do you know where you will be each night?? Are you talking hotels/casa rurales or albergues? Just want to figure out the things I don't know.

Hi Kathy. Well, I've walked the Frances many times since 2006, so I have favorite places where I stay.
My reservations for 2022 are for a group I take every year or so, and we generally take the same route.
I've emailed most of my lodging folk.
We stay in both albergues and casa rurales.