THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CEREMONY.
The preparations for the opening of the Holy Door began on December lit, when stone portals that had remained undisturbed since they were sealed by Pope Leo XII., in 1.525, were removed. In their place were erected light frames of wood and iron, which, on Christmas Eve swung inward, responsive to the knock of the Pontiff. The coincidence of thie Holy Year with the end of the century and the beginning of another has raised the belief in many that some relationship exists between these circurrtbtances, while in reality it is the faculty of the Pontiff to proclaim the intervals by which Holy Years shall be divided. And now, while Rome is preparing to solemnise with elaborate festivities the industry of the world at the beginning of the century, from the Eternal City the
voice of Leo XIII. summons the faithful to reunite themselves for the solemnities of the Holy Year in a grand and universal jubilee, when greater favours and indulgences will be granted.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9, 1 March 1900, Page 28
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170THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CEREMONY. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9, 1 March 1900, Page 28
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