Pope Francis expressed his condolences on Sunday to the households of the victims of the tragic aircraft crash in South Korea, during which 179 individuals misplaced their lives.
“My ideas go to the various households in South Korea who’re mourning the dramatic aircraft crash right this moment. I be a part of within the prayer for the survivors and the deceased” mentioned Pope Francis on the finish of the Angelus prayer.
The pontiff additionally prayed for households affected by battle in Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Myanmar, Sudan and North Kivu within the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Large crowds of trustworthy gathered in St. Peter’s Square to see the Pope ship his Sunday prayer from the balcony.
Last Sunday he determined to not look out the window on account of a persistent chilly and as a precaution in view of an intense Christmas interval.
On Sunday, Cardinal Baldassarre Reina, vicar common of Pope Francis, additionally opened the Holy Door of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano.
The ceremony marks the third Holy Door opened in honor of the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025. The first was inaugurated on Christmas Eve at St. Peter’s Basilica, and the second in Rome’s most important jail, with a message of hope to inmates which might have been an necessary a part of the Jubilee Year of 2025.
The opening of the Holy Doors kicks off the celebration that takes place each quarter of a century within the Catholic Church, and which is anticipated to draw round 32 million pilgrims to Rome. The Jubilee is a practice that dates again to the 1300s.
The remaining nice occasion of the Jubilee is the particular Mass for prisoners in St. Peter’s Basilica on 14 December 2025.
