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==After the Second Vatican Council==
In 1975, [[Pope Paul VI]], in light of the modernising changes of the [[Second Vatican Council]], revised the rite by removing the use of [[trowel]] and ornate bricks at the closing rite.
[[Pope John Paul II]] further simplified the ceremony for the Great Jubilee of 2000 for safety reasons; previously, debris had fallen on [[Pope Paul VI]] while striking down the door. Workers had removed the concrete before the ceremony of the opening of the door so that the Pope only had to push on the doors with his hands. The holy door of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] was opened by the Pope on 24 December 1999 while the doors of [[Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano|St. John Lateran]] and [[Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore|St. Mary Major]] were opened on 25 December and 1 January, respectively. Breaking with tradition, the Pope opened both of these personally, rather than delegating this to a [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]]. The doors of the [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls]] were opened in an [[Ecumenism|ecumenical]] ceremony on 18 January, first day of the World Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by the Pope, the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and a representative of the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]]. The door in St. Peter's was closed on 6 January 2001, with the others being closed one day earlier.
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[[File:Holy Door - Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando.jpg|thumb|The holy door of the [[Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando (Pampanga)|Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando]] for the [[Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy|Holy Year of Mercy]]]]
[[File:Burgos holy door jubilee of mercy.jpg|thumb|The holy door of [[Burgos Cathedral]] (Spain) for the [[Holy Year of Mercy]]]]
In announcing the [[Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy]] Pope Francis declared, "The Holy Door will become a Door of Mercy through which anyone who enters will experience the love of God who consoles, pardons, and instills hope."<ref>Pope Francis, [http://www.im.va/content/gdm/en/giubileo/bolla.html "Misericordiae Vultus"] §3, 11 April 2015</ref> On 8 December 2015, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of Mercy in the Basilica of St. Peter, marking the official start of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. A few days later, he presided at the opening of the Holy Door at the Archbasilica of St John Lateran. The Holy Door at [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls|St Paul's Outside the Walls]] was opened by the Archpriest of that Basilica, Cardinal James Harvey. Pope Francis later opened the Holy Door at St Mary Major and at the Caritas center near Rome's central train station.<ref>[http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-opens-holy-door-at-st-mary-major "Pope Francis opens Holy Door at St Mary Major"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044416/http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-opens-holy-door-at-st-mary-major |date=9 December 2017 }}, News.va, 1 January 2016</ref>
Francis broke with tradition in removing the necessity of traveling to Rome.<ref name=vogt/> In October 2015, a temporal privilege was extended by Pope Francis through the [[Papal bull]] of Indiction, ''"Misericordiae Vultus"'' for an ordinary bishop to designate his own Holy Door for the purpose of the "Jubilee Year of Mercy". Holy Doors were to be designated in every diocese throughout the world, and could be located at the diocesan [[Cathedral]] or at other popular church shrines.<ref>Harris, Elise. [http://www.catholic.org/news/hf/faith/story.php?id=65469 "Holy Door in St. Peter's basilica to open for first time in 15 years for Holy Year of Mercy"], Catholic.org, 20 November 2015</ref> On 29 November 2015, prior to the official 8 December start of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door at the [[Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Bangui)|Cathédrale Notre-Dame]] in [[Bangui]], [[Central African Republic]].<ref>[http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/11/29/pope_opens_holy_door_at_mass_in_bangui_cathedral/1190630 "Pope opens Holy Door at Mass in Bangui cathedral"], Radiovaticana.va, 29 November 2015</ref> Holy Doors were subsequently opened in 40 different countries around the world, including locations such as [[Westminster Cathedral]], [[Prinknash Abbey]] in Gloucestershire,<ref name=vogt>Vogt, Andrea. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/12048539/Cathedrals-around-world-throw-open-Holy-Doors-on-orders-of-Pope.html "Cathedrals around world throw open Holy Doors on orders of Pope"], ''The Telegraph'', 13 December 2015</ref> and [[St. Paul's Basilica]] in Toronto.<ref>[https://www.archtoronto.org/mercy/Pages/Holy-Doors-in-the-Archdiocese-of-Toronto.aspx "Holy Doors in the Archdiocese of Toronto"]</ref>
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