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Quote:Vatican to open five ‘sacred portals’ for once-in-quarter-century ritual
The doors are only opened once every 25 years, so may well be a little rusty.
This year, for the first time, one of the doors will be opened in a prison, as a ‘sign inviting prisoners to look to the future with hope’, the Pope said in his bull of indiction announcing this year’s ceremony.
The tradition dates back to 1300, and the door openings themselves follow a ritual first carried out in 1423.
They mark ‘Jubilee’ years, a concept dating back to the Old Testament when sinners could see their sins forgiven.
2025 is one such year, so if you’ve got something on your mind, it could be a good time to confess.
They will remain open all year for pilgrims to pass through until the Jubilee finishes on January 6, 2026.
The pope will then be the last person to walk back through before closing them, and they will be sealed up once again.
https://metro.co.uk/2024/12/10/vatican-o...-22159719/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
