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Preparations begin for opening Holy Doors for Jubilee
Hours after the last visitors left St Peter’s Basilica on Monday, a chisel clanged and dust flew as a group of prelates chanted prayers before a simple wall marked with a cross. Source: CNS.
Webcams open door to virtual pilgrims
To help people who cannot travel to Rome but want to pray at the tomb of St Peter and cross the threshold of the Holy Door, St Peter’s Basilica is installing new webcams. Source: CNS.
Rome in race to complete ‘facelift’ before Jubilee
A month out from the Church’s 2025 Jubilee celebrations, much of the city of Rome remains a building site. Source: ABC News.
Mascot for Year of Jubilee 2025 receives mixed reviews
Luce is an animated mascot clad in a raincoat and muddy boots and only days after she was announced, has already weathered her first storms in online forums and social media feeds. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Pope to open Holy Door at Rome prison
Two days after opening the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica to inaugurate the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis will travel to a Rome prison to open a Holy Door as a “tangible sign of the message of hope” for people in prisons around the world. Source: CNS.
Papal adviser outlines Jubilee year plans
A key papal adviser on Jubilee 2025 says he would welcome Australian dioceses marking the year in a variety of ways. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Jubilee organiser stresses importance of forgiveness and solidarity
The Vatican official charged with organising the 2025 Jubilee of Hope has stressed the importance of forgiveness and solidarity amid a global climate of anger and resentment. Source: Crux.
Canberra-Goulburn announces Jubilee pilgrimage churches
Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese has named the four churches designated as pilgrimage churches in the archdiocese during the Church’s upcoming Jubilee Year. Source: Catholic Voice.
Diocesan Holy Doors will not be feature of Jubilee 2025
While bishops around the world are asked to designate their cathedrals or other significant churches as special places of pilgrimage and prayer for the Holy Year 2025, the Vatican is not asking them to dedicate and open a “Holy Door” at those churches. Source: CNS.