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Pope Francis launches holy Jubilee year on Christmas Eve
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Pope Francis launched the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, a jubilee year, on Christmas Eve by opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. The event is expected to attract over 32 million tourists to Rome next year. The Holy Year is expected to bring economic benefits to the city, but residents are concerned that the influx of tourists will drive up housing costs and damage the city's character.
May the Son of the Most High sustain the efforts of the international community to facilitate access to humanitarian aid for the civilian population of Sudan and to initiate new negotiations for a ceasefire.
Often we halt at the threshold of that door: we lack the courage to cross it, because it challenges us to examine our lives. Entering through that door calls for the sacrifice involved in taking a step forward, leaving behind our disputes and divisions, and surrendering ourselves to the outstretched arms of the child who is the prince of peace.
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sources
- 1.CTV News
- 2.BBC
- 3.France 24
- 4.CNA News
- 5.The New York Times
- 6.Le Monde
- 7.The Washington Post
- 8.The Times of India
- 9.Al Jazeera
- 10.The Times
- 11.Agence France-Presse
- 12.Holy See Press Office
perspectives
countries
- 1.Argentina
- 2.Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- 3.Colombia
- 4.Germany
- 5.France
- 6.United Kingdom
- 7.Haiti
- 8.Israel
- 9.Iraq
- 10.Italy
- 11.Japan
- 12.Lebanon
organizations
- 1.Catholic Church
- 2.Hamas
- 3.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- 4.24th Mechanized Brigade
- 5.La Tenda di Gionata
- 6.211th battalion
- 7.Hayat Tahrir Al Sham
- 8.International Court of Justice
- 9.Islamic State
- 10.Rapid Support Forces
- 11.United Nations
- 12.US National Weather Service
persons
- 1.Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- 2.Donald Trump
- 3.Giorgia Meloni
- 4.Blanca Martin
- 5.Boniface VIII
- 6.Keiran Southern
- 7.Lisbeth Dembele
- 8.Volodymyr Zelenskiy
- 9.Andrew Medichini
- 10.Barbara Lewis
- 11.Bashar Al-Assad
- 12.Bayda Nadhim