Vatican Christmas Mass LIVE: Pope Francis Celebrates Christmas Eve Mass | Holy Door Opening | N18G

Vatican Christmas Mass 2024 LIVE: Pope Francis Celebrates Christmas Eve Mass | Pope Francis | CNBC TV18
Pope Francis celebrates a Christmas Eve mass in St. Peter's Basilica and opens the bronze door of St. Peter's Basilica kicking off the jubilee year.
Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security fears following a Christmas market attack in Germany.
At the start of Christmas Eve Mass, Francis will push open the Holy Door on St. Peter’s Basilica, which will stay open throughout the year to allow the estimated 32 million pilgrims projected to visit Rome to pass through.
The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who participate can obtain “indulgences” - the centuries-old feature of the Catholic Church related to the forgiveness of sins that roughly amounts to a “get out of Purgatory free” card.
The last regular Jubilee was in 2000 when St. John Paul II ushered in the church’s third millennium. Francis declared a special Jubilee in 2015-2016 dedicated to mercy and the next one planned is in 2033, to commemorate the anniversary of the crucifixion of Christ.
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