Vatican City, 10 April 2015 (VIS) –
At 5.30 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday 11 April, the eve of Divine Mercy
Sunday, in St. Peter's Basilica, the Pope will officially convoke the
Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy with the publication of the Bull of
Indiction, “Misericordiae vultus”. The Jubilee Bull, aside from
indicating the duration, opening and closing dates, and the main ways
in which the Holy Year will unfold, constitutes the basic document
for understanding the spirit in which it was convoked, as well as
Pope Francis' intentions and the fruit he hopes the Year will bear.
For the proclamation, the Holy Father,
accompanied by the cardinals, will proceed to the entrance of the
Vatican Basilica. At the side of the Holy Door the Bull of Indiction
will be handed to the four cardinal archpriests of the papal
basilicas of Rome: Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of the
Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican; Cardinal Agostino Vallini,
archpriest of the Basilica of St. John Lateran; Cardinal James
Michael Harvey, St. Paul Outside-the-Walls; and Cardinal Santos Abril
y Castello, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major.
To express his wish that the
Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy will be celebrated in Rome and
throughout the world, Pope Francis will consign a copy of the Bull,
to present it symbolically to all bishops, to Cardinal Marc Ouellet
P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops; to Cardinal Fernando
Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of
Peoples; and to Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation
for the Oriental Churches. A copy will be received by Archbishop
Savio Hon Tai-Fai, born in Hong Kong and now secretary of the
Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on behalf of all the
East. The African continent will be represented by Archbishop
Bartolome Adoukonou, from Benin and currently secretary of the
Pontifical Council for Culture. For the Oriental Churches, the Holy
Father will present the Bull to Msgr. Khaled Ayad Bishay of the
Patriarchal Church of Alexandria of the Copts.
The Regent of the Papal Household,
Msgr. Leonardo Sapienza, as apostolic protonotary, will read various
extracts from the official document convoking the extraordinary Holy
Year. Finally, the Holy Father will preside at the celebration of
First Vespers of Divine Mercy Sunday.
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