sits before delivering the Urbi et Orbi ’ day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024.
“I invite every individual, and all people of all nations ...
to become pilgrims of hope, to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions,’' the pope said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to throngs of people below. Pilgrims were lined up on Christmas Day to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St.
Peter’s Basilica, as the Jubilee is expected to bring some 32 million Catholic faithful to Rome. “You feel so humble when you go through the door that once you go through is almost like a release, a release of emotions,’' said Blanca Martin, a pilgrim from San Diego. ".
.. It’s almost like a release of emotions, you feel like now you are able to let go and put everything in the hands of God.
See I am getting emotional. It’s just a beautiful experience.”Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900.
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