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Knock and the Door will be Opened -- Tradition of Holy Doors during jubilees stretches back centuries

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Knock and the Door will be Opened — Tradition of Holy Doors during jubilees stretches back centuries

Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY • For a spiritual leader who denounces a world divided by walls, a Church shuttered by cliques and hearts hardened to compassion, opening wide the Holy Door for the Year of Mercy will be a significant and symbolic moment for Pope Francis.In Catholic tradition, the Holy Door represents the passage to…...