Pope Francis Launches Jubilee 2025 With Opening of Holy Door
After breaking open the special door on Christmas Eve, Francis stopped at the threshold to pray briefly in silence as the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica pealed out into the cool Rome night.
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Traditional Rite to Demolish Wall Protecting Holy Door Held at St. Peter’s Basilica
Once the wall protecting the Holy Door was demolished, the workers removed a metal box that had been kept inside it since the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy on Nov. 20, 2016.The box contains the key with which the Holy Father will open the Holy Door on the evening of Dec. 24.
Archbishop Broglio Sealed the Holy Door at the National Shrine: What Is a Holy Door?
The doors are sealed prior to the jubilee but are ceremoniously reopened by the Pope or a bishop around the start of the jubilee for pilgrims to walk through.
The Year of Mercy and Catholic Theology: An Invitation to Encounter Christ
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, says the Year of Mercy invites all people to follow Jesus ‘with greater fidelity.’
Benedict XVI Will Attend Year of Mercy’s Holy Door Opening at the Vatican
This will be the first time the Holy Door has been opened since the Great Jubilee in the 2000 called for by St. John Paul II.
