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Vatican City: On a cloudy, damp morning, Pope Francis' voice echoed in the 
atrium of St. Peter's Basilica: "Open the gates of justice." With five strong 
thrusts, the ...



Francis opens Holy Year on feast of Immaculate Conception.
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Vatican City:

On a cloudy, damp morning, Pope Francis' voice echoed in the atrium of St. 
Peter's Basilica: "Open the gates of justice." With five strong thrusts, the 
pope pushed open the Holy Door, a symbol of God's justice, which he said will 
always be exercised "in the light of his mercy."

The rite of the opening of the Holy Door was preceded by a Mass with 70,000 
pilgrims packed in St. Peter's Square Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate 
Conception and the beginning of the extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy.

As the sun broke through the clouds, heralding the start of the jubilee year, 
the pope bowed his head and remained still for several minutes in silent prayer.

Amid a crowd of dignitaries and pilgrims, a familiar face was also present at 
the historic event: retired Pope Benedict XVI, who followed Pope Francis 
through the Holy Door into St. Peter's Basilica.

During his homily, Pope Francis emphasized the "simple, yet highly symbolic" 
act of opening the Holy Door, which "highlights the primacy of grace;" the same 
grace that made Mary "worthy of becoming the mother of Christ."

"The fullness of grace can transform the human heart and enable it to do 
something so great as to change the course of human history," he said.

The feast of the Immaculate Conception, he continued, serves as a reminder of 
the grandeur of God's love in allowing Mary to "avert the original sin present 
in every man and woman who comes into this world."

"This is the love of God which precedes, anticipates and saves," he said. "Were 
sin the only thing that mattered, we would be the most desperate of creatures. 
But the promised triumph of Christ's love enfolds everything in the Father's 
mercy."

The Year of Mercy, the pope stressed, is a gift of grace that allows Christians 
to experience the joy of encountering the transforming power of grace and 
rediscovering God's infinite mercy toward sinners.

"How much wrong we do to God and his grace when we speak of sins being punished 
by his judgment before we speak of their being forgiven by his mercy," he said.

"We have to put mercy before judgment, and in any event God's judgment will 
always be in the light of his mercy. In passing through the Holy Door, then, 
may we feel that we ourselves are part of this mystery of love."

Fifty years ago, he said, the church celebrated the "opening of another door," 
with the Second Vatican Council urging the church to come out from 
self-enclosure and "set out once again with enthusiasm on her missionary 
journey." The council closed Dec. 8, 1965.

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