Why will Pope Francis symbolically open the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve?
On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis will open the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica to inaugurate the Jubilee year of 2025. It is a momentous occasion, a year marked out for forgiveness and renewal. There have been Holy Years since 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII called the first, but they ultimately derive from the Jubilees The post Why will Pope Francis symbolically open the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve? appeared first on Catholic Herald.
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