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Overview
- The Santuário Nacional de Aparecida said its main Porta Santa is not included in Jubilee rites and will stay open as usual.
- A viral social-media claim that the door would shut until 2050 prompted an above-normal influx of pilgrims in recent weeks.
- Holy Doors in Rome were ceremonially closed at Santa Maria Maggiore on Dec. 25, St. John Lateran on Dec. 27, and St. Paul Outside the Walls on Dec. 28, with St. Peter’s scheduled for Jan. 6.
- Catholic teaching links passage through a Holy Door to an indulgence that also requires confession, penance, and a sincere conversion of life.
- To serve New Year visitors, the sanctuary published eight Masses for Jan. 1, including a 9 a.m. liturgy presided by Archbishop Orlando Brandes.