Two days after the election of the Pope, the Vatican enjoys. It was danced by Mexican dancers (video)
The Church celebrates the jubilee year every 25 years.
From the Vatican from our reporter Ján Krempaský.
Rome. Women with flowers in their hair and brightly colored dresses advance with dance steps, waving the edges of their richly decorated dress. Behind them the band in typically wide Mexican hats and black costumes play clarinets or flutes.
Vatican on Saturday afternoon danced pilgrims from Mexicowho went accompanied after Via della conciliazione to greet the new Pope Leva XIV. And at the same time they passed the Holy Gate in the Basilica of Sts. Petra. It opens only once every 25 years, in the year called the Church the jubilee. It is of great importance in the Catholic Church.
The jubilee year 2025 opened yet Pope Francis. Christmas25 December. Will run until January 2026. Pope Jorge Bergoglio no longer lived to see his end, died of Easter Monday, April 21, 2025. The jubilee year will be closed by his successor, American Robert Francis Premost, elected a conclave composed of 133 cardinals of the electorates on Thursday, May 8.
« Different groups of believers come to the Vatican to greet the new Pope Leo XIV. And at the same time passed through the Holy Gate in the Basilica of St. Peter, » explains Paolo, twenty, who is doing a volunteer here during these days.
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In the rhythm of dance and music
Paolo’s task is that at Via della Conciliazione – a street that leads from Rome to the Vatican, at regular intervals he closes the makeshift gate through the corridor through which the processes of believers from all over the world.
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Indeed, among the individual groups of believers, the space must remain so that everyone does not get off the square, especially to the Basilica of Sts. Petra at once.
In addition to believers from these processes these days, tourists from all over the world are again heading for the St. Basil’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel. There are so many of them that they often paralyze the main street leading along the Vatican Walls, Via Porta Angelica.
Pilgrims from Mexico protruded from all the processions of believers on Saturday afternoon. Their procession was headed by a man with a large wooden cross, followed by a young man in the clothes of the original Americans with a richly decorated headband on his head. Followed by women in typical Mexican costumes waving the edges of their dresses in the rhythm of sounding music – a Mexican brass band performed by a band dressed in large Mexican hats and black uniforms.
In addition to pilgrims, they came to the square of St. Peter and other groups of believers. Among them, it was also seen, for example, Italian scouts.
Up to 35 million people
The jubilee year, which is currently celebrating the Catholic Church, is celebrated every 25 years. It was first declared in 1300 Pope Boniface VII.
At the beginning of the jubilee year, it opens in the Basilica of Sts. Petr Gate also known as the Holy Gate. It is one of the six gates that enters the basilica. It is not the original gate of this temple and even the habit of opening it does not reach until the first jubilee year. It was built only in 1500 and subsequently introduced the tradition of opening the Holy Gate during the jubilee year.
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In the past, the Pope opened the jubilee gate so that he first had to demolish the wall that was before it. They always walked the Holy Gate after the end of the jubilee year. However, when Pope Francis opened the holy gate last Christmas last Christmas, the wall had been removed in front of the gates before.
The crossing of the Holy Gate means a decision to follow Jesus Christ for Catholic. With this act, believers can also get completely indulgences. This means in Catholic faith that all punishments for sins will be erased. In addition to the crossing of the Holy Gate, participation in confession, reception, and prayer for the intention of the Holy Father is required.
The organizers of the jubilee and the Italian media estimate that the Vatican and Rome will visit approximately 35 million believers from all over the world. In the first 16 days of this year, more than half a million pilgrims passed through the Holy Gate.
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