How the Holy Door is opened. The 2025 Jubilee, themed on hope this year, began in St Peter's Square. This was not always the ...

Jubilee 2025. The first Holy Door will be opened by Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve this year to usher in the beginning of the Jubilee Year worldwide.

The ceremony on Sunday marked the third Holy Door opened in Rome for the 2025 Jubilee Year, following the openings at St. Peter’s Basilica and Rebibbia prison.

Vatican City, Dec 24, 2024 / 14:10 pm. Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, officially launching the Jubilee Year 2025.

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 ...

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Visitors pass through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in pilgrimage Feb. 8, 2025, as part of the Jubilee of the Armed Services, Police and Security Personnel.

The Jubilee has officially begun. Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica last night, officially starting this year dedicated to hope. The Pontiff crossed the symbol of ...

Pope Francis opens a Holy Door, one of only five that will be open during the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, at Rebibbia prison, in Rome, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Vatican Media via Reuters) Share ...

The Holy Door resides in the northernmost point of St. Peter’s Church and is unused except in Jubilee years. The current doors were installed in 1950 and were designed by Vico Consorti.

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 ...