(24 Dec 2024)
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Vatican City – 24 December 2024
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1. Wide of St. Peter’s Square with faithful watching the opening of The Holy Door on screens
2. Mid of a large screen showing Pope Francis while opening the Holy Door
3. Close of a woman taking a picture
4. Bells ringing while The Holy Door is being opened
5. Wide of St. Peter’s Square
6. Various of faithful taking pictures
7. Mid of the exterior of the Holy Door
8. Various of faithful
9. Faithful leaving after the opening
10. Wide of St. Peter’s Square
11. Mid of faithful
12. SOUNDBITE (English) John Farrell, 25-year-old faithful from Pennsylvania, U.S.:
"When I’ve seen the doors open, it was amazing. I flew over here, I got here today just to see this, and I want to walk through the Holy Door. It was amazing. I got chills down my spine, took my breath away. I was like ‘oh’, it was pretty cool. Pope Francis, I think he’s a down to earth guy. He’s a really good guy. I really like him."
13. Various of Nativity scene
14. Faithful attending the ceremony in St. Peter’s Square
15. Close of a statue portraying baby Jesus
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Mariana Lopez, 27-year-old faithful from Bolivia:
"It was really beautiful. I got super excited. I have to say, we come from very, very far away. My mom’s from Bolivia. She’s here, giving company to me, accompanying me. She even brought this beautiful baby Jesus for me from Bolivia. And it was really beautiful, the opening. How the Pope is receiving all of us. And you know, also, when they were showing a baby Jesus, it really made me center again to what is the real importance of Christmas."
17. Various of St. Peter’s Basilica
STORYLINE:
Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome.
Hundreds of pilgrims gathered at the Vatican, braving the cold weather to watch the ceremony from a distance and on wide screens in St. Peter’s Square.
"When I’ve seen the doors open, it was amazing" said 25-year old John Farrell from Pennsylvania.
"I flew over here, I got here today just to see this, and I want to walk through the Holy Door. It was amazing. I got chills down my spine, took my breath away," he added.
"It was really beautiful, the opening. How the Pope is receiving all of us. And you know, also, when they were showing a baby Jesus, it really made me center again to what is the real importance of Christmas" said 27-year old Mariana Lopez from Bolivia.
Pope Francis has dedicated the 2025 Jubilee to the theme of hope, and he will underscore that message when he opens a Holy Door on Thursday at Rome’s Rebibbia Prison in a bid to give inmates hope for a better future.
Francis has long incorporated prison ministry into his priestly vocation and has made several visits to Rebibbia and other prisons during his travels.
This week, Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass on Tuesday evening and then delivers his annual “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) speech on Christmas Day from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.
In addition to the outing at Rebibbia, he will celebrate New Year’s Eve vespers and a New Year’s Day Mass.
AP Video shot by Silvia Stellacci
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