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“I wanted the second Holy Door I open to be here at a prison,” Pope Francis explained. For the 2025 Jubilee of Hope, the first Door to be opened was the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on 24 December 2024, then, for the first-time ever, the Pope opened the Holy Door at a prison.
Arriving at the Rebibbia New Complex Prison in Rome, the Pope spoke about the importance of opening the Door there. In front of the prison's chapel, the Church of Our Father, he explained that he wanted everyone to"have the opportunity to fling open the doors to their hearts and to understand that hope never disappoints."After walking through the Holy Door himself, the Pope presided over Mass in the church.
The Pope warned against closed, hardened hearts, which keep us from living. He explained that the Jubilee gives us the grace to “fling open” our hearts to hope. Even in the most difficult and challenging times, he reassured, hope does not disappoint.Pope Francis likened hope to an anchor on the shore, tied securely with rope. “Sometimes, the rope is hard,” he continued, “and it hurts our hands.
Pope Francis also explained that everyone knows if their heart is closed or half-closed, and concluded by reminding those present that the Holy Door he opened is “a sign of the door of our heart.” The Prison Administration gave Pope Francis a painting of Christ as the Savior created by a former prison officer, artist Elio Lucente. The Pope, in turn, gave the prison a parchment commemorating the event.
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