A Franciscan-run shrine dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua in western India is emerging as a new center of pilgrimage after being designated a House of Plenary Indulgence during the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi.
The Archdiocese of Lahore in eastern Pakistan inaugurated the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi on May 22 with a celebration at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore.