Pope Leo closes Holy Door to end jubilee year
發佈日期: 2026-01-06 23:45
TVB News
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday closed out the Vatican's 2025 Holy Year, capping a yearlong celebration of Christianity that saw some 33 million pilgrims flock to Rome and a historic papal transition.
With cardinals and diplomats looking on, Leo kneeled down in prayer on the stone floor at the threshold of the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica.
He then stood up and pulled the two doors shut, symbolically closing out the rarest of Jubilees: one that was opened by Pope Francis in December 2024, continued during his funeral and the conclave, and then was closed by Francis' successor a year later.
Only once before, in 1700, has a Holy Year been opened by one pope and closed by another.
For the Vatican, a Holy Year is a centuries-old tradition of the faithful making pilgrimages to Rome every 25 years to visit the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul.
