Pope
Francis to open "Holy Door of Charity" at Caritas hostel
(Vatican
Radio) A “Holy Door of Charity” will be opened by Pope Francis on 18 December
during the Jubilee of Mercy at the Diocese of Rome’s Caritas Hostel on Via
Marsala.
The
Cardinal Vicar of Rome, Agostino Vallini, made the announcement on Monday
evening during the closing session of the Diocesan Ecclesial Congress taking
place at the Lateran Basilica.
The
hostel, located near Rome’s Termini Railway Station, is named after the founder
of Caritas Rome, Monsignor Luigi Liegro, and is currently being renovated to
house 180 homeless people.
Pope
Francis will also visit the hostel’s canteen, which is named after St. John
Paul II.
The
Jubilee Year of Mercy will be opened by Pope Francis on 8 December when the
Holy Father opens the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica.
Traditionally
during a Jubilee Year, the Holy Doors are open at the four Papal Basilicas in
Rome: St. Peter’s, St. Paul’s Outside the Walls, St. Mary Major, and St. John
Lateran.
In
addition to the Holy Door of Charity at the Caritas Hostel, Cardinal Vallini
said another Holy Door will be opened at the Santuario della Madonna del Divino
Amore (“Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Love”) located on Via Ardeatina.
The
Sanctuary is held in high esteem by the people of Rome, and Pope St. John Paul
II added it to the traditional Seven Churches Pilgrimage during the Year 2000
Jubilee.
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