Half a million pilgrims have crossed holy door in St Peter’s, Vatican claims cruxnow.com

On Tuesday the Vatican claimed that after just two weeks since Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee of Hope on Christmas Eve, over half a million pilgrims have already come to participate in the event.

According to a Jan. 7 press release from the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization, which is overseeing the organization of the jubilee, since Pope Francis opened the Holy Door in St. Peter’s on Dec. 24, some 545,532 pilgrims from all over the world have already crossed through it.

“Hundreds of groups of faithful have already made their pilgrimage, starting from the new Piazza Pia, with the jubilee cross above their heads, and moving in prayer along the Via della Conciliazione, until reaching the basilica,” the press release said, referring to the special pilgrim-path along the main street leading up to St. Peter’s Basilica.

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