Archbishop Broglio Sealed the Holy Door at the National Shrine: What Is a Holy Door?
The doors are sealed prior to the jubilee but are ceremoniously reopened by the Pope or a bishop around the start of the jubilee for pilgrims to walk through.
The doors are sealed prior to the jubilee but are ceremoniously reopened by the Pope or a bishop around the start of the jubilee for pilgrims to walk through.
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, says the Year of Mercy invites all people to follow Jesus ‘with greater fidelity.’
This will be the first time the Holy Door has been opened since the Great Jubilee in the 2000 called for by St. John Paul II.
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