Opening the door on a year of mercy

December 14, 2015 at 3:57AM
At the St. Paul Cathedral, Devin Foley, daughter Mary Margaret, six months, along with the rest his family were about to walk through the "Porta Sacra." Archbishop Bernard Hebda opened the sealed Holy Doors, which marked the beginning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy locally.] Richard Tsong-Taatarii/rtsong-taatarii@startribune.com
At the St. Paul Cathedral, Devin Foley, daughter Mary Margaret, six months, along with the rest his family were about to walk through the "Porta Sacra." Archbishop Bernard Hebda opened the sealed Holy Doors, which marked the beginning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy locally.] Richard Tsong-Taatarii/rtsong-taatarii@startribune.com (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

At the Cathedral of St. Paul, Devin Foley, his 6-month-old daughter, Mary Margaret, and the rest his family followed a crowd through the cathedral's Holy Doors on Sunday, which had just been unsealed by Archbishop Bernard Hebda. Cathedrals worldwide have opened Holy Doors to mark the pope's Jubilee, which is dedicated to the theme of mercy.

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