Pope Francis marks Christmas Eve on Tuesday with a special ceremony launching jubilee 2025, a year of catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome.
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00:00Pope Francis marks Christmas Eve on Tuesday with a special ceremony launching Jubilee
00:062025, a year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome.
00:12The 88-year-old pontiff opened the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican at 7pm local
00:20time in front of 30,000 people and a live TV audience around the world. Organized by the
00:27Church every 25 years, the Jubilee is intended as a period of reflection and penance and is
00:33marked by a long list of cultural and religious events, from masses to exhibitions, conferences
00:39and concerts. The Jubilee will conclude with the closing of the same Holy Door on January 6,
00:452026. Some 700 security officers have been deployed around the Vatican and Rome for
00:52these celebrations, with tightened measures following Friday's car-ramming attack on a
00:57Christmas market in Germany.