CEREMONY AT ST. PETER’S
MILLIONS OF PILGRIMS TO VISIT
ROME IN 1925.
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. , ROME, December 25. Holy Year, which is now celebrated every quarter of a century, and which is expected to bring millions of pilgrims to Rome in 1925, was inaugurated by the Pope opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s. It was an impressive and brilliant ceremony. The' Pope, attended by his religious and secular court, walked in procession to St. Peter’s, and amid a solemn silence, thrice struck the door with a gold hammer, saying, “Aperite mihi portas justitiae,” whereupon the workmen slowly lowered the door, which had already been cut away from the wall, and rolled it from tne entrance. The sides and threshold of the doorway were then washed with holy water, before the Pope passed through. The bells of St. Peter’s and 400 other churches in Rome then announced that Holv Year had begun. After the ceremony, the doors of St. Peter’s were thrown open, and crowds of the faithful passed through the new-ly-opened door, which symbolises the eternal doors of the City of God. all kissing the doorpost as they passed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12022, 27 December 1924, Page 6
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