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Show just a couple of the doors that Pope Francis will open during the Jubilee year.
To begin the Jubilee of Hope, the Pope will be present at the four papal basilicas of Rome to open the Holy Doors. Following tradition, the first will be St. Peter's Basilica.
LEONARDO SAPIENZA
Regent, Prefecture of the Pontifical Household
I hereby decree that the Holy Door of the Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican will be opened on 24 December 2024, thus inaugurating the Ordinary Jubilee
The next will be St. John Lateran on December 29. On the first day of 2025, the Pope will go to St. Mary Major. The last will be St. Paul Outside the Walls, on January 5.
The only Holy Doors that will be opened during the Jubilee will be those of Rome. The Vatican says that the doors each diocese opened in 2015 were different because it was an extraordinary Jubilee. They were the so-called “Doors of Mercy.”
ABP. RINO FISICHELLA
Pro-Prefect, Dicastery for Evangelization
The Pope's decision to open the Holy Doors…. They were not Holy Doors, they were called “Doors of Mercy” because the Pope wanted to signal that mercy reaches everyone. He did not exclude anyone and, therefore, in all dioceses, it was possible to pass through the Door of Mercy.
In addition to the four major basilicas, another has been added by the Pope's request. It will be that of a prison, although it is not yet known which one. It is one of the many gestures the Pope wants to make to prisoners.
Rome will have 12 jubilee churches. One of them is St. James and Montserrat, known as the “Church of the Spaniards.” Another is San Salvatore in Lauro, where the relics of two beloved saints are located: St. Jude Thaddeus and Padre Pio.
These churches are intended to be meeting places for pilgrims. They will also hold reconciliation and catechesis.
This Jubilee period will end on January 6, 2026. After that day, an estimated 32 million pilgrims will have crossed the Holy Doors of the Eternal City.
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