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On the Plenary Indulgences in the Diocese of Tallinn in 2025

On the occasion of the Jubilee Year
Based on the Bull of His Holiness Pope Francis Spes non confundit (9 May 2024), which declares 2025 a Holy Jubilee Year, and the Decrees of the Paenitentiaria Apostolica (13 May 2024), which stipulate the conditions for obtaining a plenary indulgence during the Jubilee Year, and based on Canons 87 §1 and 381 §1 of the Code of Canon Law,
— caring for the spiritual well-being of Catholics in Estonia (explanations on the concept of indulgences can be found in the Catholic Prayer Book, p. 59 et seq.).
— wishing to give those who, for various reasons, cannot make the pilgrimage to Rome, the opportunity to share in the graces of the Jubilee Year,
— emphasizing our common religious journey and confession on the soil of our homeland,
I decide the following:
In addition to the opportunity to obtain a plenary indulgence through the pilgrimage to Rome:

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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ!

It is with great joy and gratitude in my heart to inform you that Pope Leo XIV has confirmed the date of the long-awaited beatification of Archbishop Eduard Profittlich SJ.

The solemn Mass of the beatification will take place on Saturday, 6 September 2025 at Tallinn’s Freedom Square, starting at 11:00. The rite of beatification will be celebrated on behalf of the Pope by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna.

This day is a great gift not only for the Estonian Catholic Church but for the entire Catholic Church and Estonian society. Mgr Profittlich’s faithfulness to Christ and his love for Estonia until his martyrdom are a living example of hope, courage and love for Christians.
I invite you all to pray and celebrate with me on this special day. We also welcome all other Christians and all people who are touched by the beatification and the example and death of Eduard Profittlich. We also welcome guests from abroad who wish to share in our joy and faith on this solemn occasion.

More detailed information about the organization of the ceremony and liturgical preparations will be available in the coming weeks. We ask you to keep this date free and begin to prepare in prayer for this great day of grace now.

Servant of God Eduard Profittlich, pray for us!

✠ Philippe Jourdan
Bishop of Tallinn

Tallinn, 21.06.2025

The new beatification date has not yet been announced.
All previously planned beatification ceremonies have been suspended. The College of Cardinals, which met on the morning of 22.04 for the first general congregation, decided to suspend all beatification ceremonies.

We will inform you in more detail about any changes to the beatification of Archbishop Profittlich through the official channels of the Tallinn Diocese as soon as possible.

Diocese of Tallinn

The new Bishop of Rome was born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, to Louis Marius Prevost, of French and Italian descent, and Mildred Martínez, of Spanish descent. He has two brothers, Louis Martín and John Joseph.