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Unlocking the sacred: What happens at the Holy Door for Jubilee 2025?
The Jubilee ceremony begins with Pope Francis opening the Holy Door at St Peter's Basilica. The ceremony includes prayers in Latin and Italian, symbolising forgiveness, as the Pope crosses the threshold to start the Holy Year.
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.
Pope Francis opens Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica, marking Jubilee
Pope Francis on Tuesday opened the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, marking the official beginning of the Jubilee year of the Catholic Church. In a Christmas Eve ceremony rich with symbolism,
Pope opens Holy Door to kick off special jubilee year
More than 30 million Catholic pilgrims are expected to head to Rome for the jubilee, which takes place once every 25 years.
Pope Francis opens Holy Door to begin Jubilee at Vigil Christmas Mass at St. Peter’s
On his wheelchair, Pope Francis began the celebration of Christmas by opening the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, kicking off the 2025 Holy Year. “The steps we now take are the steps of the whole church,” the pope said.
Pope opens St Peter's Holy Door to kick off Jubilee 2025
Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Jubilee of the Catholic Church on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, by opening the 'Holy Door' of St Peter's Basilica, before a crowd of thousands of faithful. Premier Giorgia Meloni was among the officials present.
Pope Francis opens Holy Door to mark start of Jubilee Year 2025 for Catholic Church
Pope Francis officially launched the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year on Tuesday evening by opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in a ceremony on Christmas Eve. The symbolic act began a year-long celebration,
On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis launches holy Jubilee year
Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims
Pope Francis opens 'Holy Door' of St Peter's Basilica to launch Jubilee year
Pope Francis opens the 'Holy Door' of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, marking the beginning of the Jubilee year. Over the next 12 months, pilgrims will pass through the large and imposing bronze door, which is normally bricked up, by tradition benefiting from a 'plenary indulgence' -- a type of forgiveness for their sins. AGENCY POOL/AFP
Pope Francis kicks off yearlong Jubilee
Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a test of the pope’s stamina and the ability of the Eternal City to welcome them.
Pope Francis kicks off a yearlong Jubilee that will test his stamina and Rome’s patience
Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a test of the pope’s stamina
Pilgrims traverse Vatican Holy Door as Christmas marks the start of the 2025 Holy Year
Pope Francis knocked on the door and was the first to walk through it, inaugurating the 2025 Jubilee that he dedicated to ...
Pilgrims pass through Vatican Holy Door as the 2025 Holy Year begins
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A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here's what you need to know
The last regular Jubilee was in 2000, when St. John Paul II ushered in ... and a Holy Year dedicated to a message of hope ...