Hartlepool church opens its doors for Catholic Jubilee year celebration

Canon Paul Douthwaite explains St Jopseph's Chuch involvement in the Holy Doors initiative

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00:00I'm in St Joseph's Church, Hartlepool, with Canon Paul. Canon Paul, you have a big event

00:05this Jubilee year. What is it about? So every 25 years the Catholic Church celebrates a

00:11Jubilee time when traditionally wrongs were forgiven. And this is the Jubilee, a year

00:20of hope, pilgrims of hope. And the Holy Father opened four holy doors in Rome at the four

00:27major basilicas and throughout the world in cathedrals and designated Jubilee churches.

00:32Holy doors are open so pilgrims can come, enter through the holy door and receive what

00:38was traditionally called an indulgence, which basically means that God is indulging you,

00:43he's giving you his grace, his peace, his forgiveness, his love. And the doors are open

00:48for anybody to come into church? Indeed, anyone can come through the holy doors and there's

00:52a mini pilgrimage around the church where people can reflect on various aspects of their

00:57faith life.