The Vatican has made public the list of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations during the Christmas season, in which he will open the sacred doors of the Jubilee Year in St. Peter’s Basilica and in the Rebibia prison in Rome.
Vatican News
Vatican City, Tuesday, November 26, 2024 (Rei): On Christmas Eve (the night of December 24), Pope Francis will open the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the Jubilee Year.
On December 25, Solemnity of the Nativity of Christ, the Holy Father will pronounce, according to tradition, the Urbi et Orbi message and the blessing offered to the city and the world.
On December 26, the feast of Saint Stephen, he will celebrate Mass in the Rebibbia prison in Rome and open the Holy Door.
On December 31, 2024, Pope Francis will preside over the evening liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica, followed by a hymn of thanksgiving for the end of the year and New Year’s Eve. I owe you It will be sung.
The next day, that is, January 1, 2025, the celebrant will offer Mass to celebrate the New Year and the 58th World Day of Peace.
On January 6, 2025, on the occasion of Prabhu Prakash Mahaparva, he will offer a celebratory mass at St. Peter’s Basilica.
The Christmas season will conclude with the baptism of the children of Vatican employees in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on January 12, 2025, the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord.
The Pope’s Liturgical Office announced on Monday the celebrations for the period between mid-December and mid-January.
