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(Vatican Radio) On Saturday Pope Francis will formally deliver the “bull of indiction” to announce the Holy Year of Mercy that begins later this year, on December 8th. The ceremony will include a reading of part of the official document in front of the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica and will be followed by first Vespers for Divine Mercy Sunday.
Holy Years, or Jubilees, are normally held every 25 years – the last such occasion was the Jubilee of the year 2000 called for by Pope John Paul II. But Pope Francis announced during a Lenten penance service last month that he intended to call this extraordinary Holy Year to focus on the Church’s “mission to be a witness of mercy” in the world.
One Church leader who has welcomed with open arms this initiative is German Cardinal Walter Kasper, former head of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity. He’s also the author of a book entitled ‘Mercy: the essence of the Gospel and the key to Christian life’ which Pope Francis read during the last conclave and publicly endorsed on the first Sunday following his election.
Philippa Hitchen sat down with Cardinal Kasper to find out more about what’s in store for this Holy Year and why the theme of mercy is so central to Pope Francis’ pontificate….
en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/04/10/cardinal_kasper_on_significance_of_holy_year_of_mercy/1135801
Holy Years, or Jubilees, are normally held every 25 years – the last such occasion was the Jubilee of the year 2000 called for by Pope John Paul II. But Pope Francis announced during a Lenten penance service last month that he intended to call this extraordinary Holy Year to focus on the Church’s “mission to be a witness of mercy” in the world.
One Church leader who has welcomed with open arms this initiative is German Cardinal Walter Kasper, former head of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity. He’s also the author of a book entitled ‘Mercy: the essence of the Gospel and the key to Christian life’ which Pope Francis read during the last conclave and publicly endorsed on the first Sunday following his election.
Philippa Hitchen sat down with Cardinal Kasper to find out more about what’s in store for this Holy Year and why the theme of mercy is so central to Pope Francis’ pontificate….
en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/04/10/cardinal_kasper_on_significance_of_holy_year_of_mercy/1135801