(23 Dec 2024)
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Vatican City – 21 December 2024
1. Various of Saint Peter Basilica
2. Tilt down of Holy Door
3. “Holy Door” in Latin
4. People passing in front of Holy Door
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Winfield, Associated Press:
“I’m standing in front of the holy door of St Peter’s Basilica. This door has a starring role in Pope Francis’s Jubilee year of 2025. The Vatican expects as many as 32 million pilgrims will be coming to Rome and passing through this door."
6. Detail of the Holy Door
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Winfield, Associated Press:
“Those who do will receive an indulgence, that is an ancient tradition of the church. It’s related to the forgiveness of sins and amounts to a get out of jail free card. Pilgrims who come to Rome over the course of 2025 will find a city that has undergone two years of extensive construction and public works projects designed to bring the city up to par so that it can welcome so many people."
8. Various of workers building new sidewalks near the Vatican
9. Jubilee symbol
10. Various of Saint Peter’s basilica
STORYLINE:
Pope Francis will officially launch the Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee year on December 24, by opening the Holy Door leading to Saint Peter’s basilica.
The Vatican and the Rome municipality are expecting 32 million pilgrims to visit during 2025, and those who will pass through the Holy Door will receive an indulgence forgiving them for their sins.
The jubilee year is a centuries-old tradition taking place every 25 years, with faithful making pilgrimages to visit the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul.
Rome’s relationship with jubilees dates to 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII inaugurated the first holy year in what historians say marked the definitive designation of Rome as the center of Christianity.
Even then, the number of pilgrims was so significant that Dante referred to them in his “Inferno”.
Massive public works projects have long accompanied holy years, including the creation of the Sistine Chapel, commissioned for the 1475 Jubilee, and the Vatican garage for the 2000 Jubilee.
Some works have been controversial, such as the construction of Via della Concilliazione, the broad boulevard leading to St. Peter’s Square.
An entire neighborhood was razed to make it for the 1950 jubilee.
The main public works project for the 2025 jubilee is actually an extension of that boulevard: A pedestrian piazza along the Tiber linking Via della Conciliazione to the nearby Castel St. Angelo.
The major road that had separated them has been diverted to an underground tunnel.
AP video by Paolo Santalucia
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