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Unlocking the sacred: What happens at the Holy Door for Jubilee 2025?

The Jubilee begins with a symbolic moment: the Pope opening the Holy Door, which this year took place on Christmas Eve. The tradition, dating back to the 15th century, sees the Pope open the Holy Door ...
National Catholic Reporter

St. Peter's Holy Door sees more than half million pilgrims in two weeks

A cloth barricade reading "Rome Jubilee 2025" surrounds a construction site at the beginning of the broad boulevard leading to St. Peter's Square and St. Peter's Basilica Dec. 4, 2024. The city of ...
National Catholic Register

Lateran Holy Door Opens as Rome’s Jubilee Journey Continues

On the feast of the Holy Family, Cardinal Baldassare Reina opened the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, the third such ceremony since Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee Year of 2025 ...
America Magazine

St. Peter’s Holy Door sees more than half million pilgrims in two weeks

Pope Francis pauses in prayer on the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 24, 2024, after he opened it and inaugurated the Holy Year 2025. (CNS photo/screen grab, ...