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At a ceremony in the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis presented a bull that makes great anniversary 2025 and in which he asked that this be
At a ceremony in the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis presented a bull that makes great anniversary 2025 and in which he asked that this be a time of courage to achieve dialogue for peace And? Governments have forgiven debts of the poorest countries.
At a solemn ceremony in front of the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica, which will open on December 24, at the beginning of the Holy Year, the Pope andCatholic Church organizations and it’s expected to be close 35 million pilgrims go to Rome.
The Holy Door will close on January 6th.
The document presented by the Pope established that the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican will open on December 24, marking the beginning ordinary anniversaryand will close on January 6, 2026.
In addition, December 29, 2024 in all cathedrals and cathedralsdiocesan bishops will celebrate Eucharist as the grand opening of the Jubilee Year.
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Later, in a homily during a vigil following the ceremony, Francis asked that during this Holy Year the faithful become “in singers of hope in a world marked by extreme despair. Gestures, words, our daily choices.”
“Really, we need hope. The society we live in needs this, often immersed only in the present and unable to see into the future; This is necessary for our times, which sometimes tire of the monotony of individualism, he said.
And he also noted that hope is needed “for people and countries that face a tomorrow burdened with anxieties and fears, while injustice continues with arrogance, the poor are rejected, wars spread death.”
Signs of hope: debt forgiveness and amnesty for prisoners
On the anniversary of 2025, the papal document in its bull calls on the faithful to bring “signs of hope” and among them, Francis wants “the first signs of hope to be embodied in peace for the whole worldwho again finds himself immersed in the tragedy of war”
“Humanity, having forgotten the dramas of the past, is exposed to a new and difficult test when it sees that many peoples are oppressed by the brutality of violence. What else is left for these people that they haven’t already suffered? “How is it possible that your desperate call for help does not motivate those in charge of countries to want to end the numerous regional conflicts, aware of the consequences that may arise at the global level?” – the bull says.
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He also reiterated his call that “with the money that is used for weapons and other military expenses, we must make world backgroundFor end hunger once and for all and for the development of the poorest countries so that their people do not resort to violent or fraudulent solutions and are not forced to leave their countries in search of a more dignified life.”
TO world governments, Francis asked that during this Holy Year they are working on “initiatives that restore hope; ways amnesty or from exemption from punishment prisoners”, calling forgive debt to countries that can never pay it off.
The Bull contains calls for greater attention to the sick, the elderly, the poor and the young; and announces the opening of the Holy Door in the prison.
Moreover, he states that it is “urgent” so that there is “convinced support” from believers and civil society for the “desire” of young people to have new children amid low birth rates in many states.
And also the fact that we work “for Abolition of the death penalty“a measure contrary to the Christian faith and destroying all hope of forgiveness and renewal.”
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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