The Jubilee is at the door, work is being done both in the Vatican and in Italy, but there are still delays to be made up. 'There is a table at Palazzo Chigi where once every 20 days we meet to understand where we are in the organization and it seems to me that some delays need to be recovered.' Monsignor Rino Fisichella, Pro Prefect of the Dicastery of Evangelization, delegate of Pope Francis to the organization of the Holy Year, at the presentation of 'In front of the holy door', the first episode of the weekly Rai broadcast on Rai 1 from Sunday 25th February at 24.45 and on RaiPlay, takes stock of the situation.
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'This is a country where bureaucracy is sky-high so even for those in public administration who have to carry out work, you have to wait six months to make a European tender as required by law - Fisichella explains - It is obvious that if you prepare for an event like this that happens every 25 years five years in advance you do not arrive with water at the throat but if you start thinking about the Jubilee from 2022 it is clear that some more apprehension can be created. However, I have confidence that the major works can be ready between the end of October and November'.
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In a study commissioned by the Vatican to the sociology department of Rome Tre, a projection of over 32 million pilgrims arriving next year is hypothesized: 'The Jubilee is not judged by numbers but by the intensity with which the spiritual experience is lived, however, it is inevitable that a figure like this puts both the government and the Municipality of Rome - in the person of the commissioner - in apprehension to be able to give a positive response of welcome to Rome and all of Italy to the pilgrims, because those who come for the Jubilee also move for the country' the archbishop added.
Each Jubilee 'has its own characteristic and a history that must be respected'. That of 2025 'is characterized by the presence in the world of situations of division, violence, of weakness' from international conflicts to violence against women. When the Pope 'gave the motto 'pilgrims of hope' we were still in the midst of a pandemic that still leaves marks in people's lives. There is a need to give a concrete face to the feeling of hope' and to recover 'a deep sense of humanity and dignity'.
Among the various stories in the Rai program, that of the jubilee crosses that between 1900 and 1910 were erected from north to south Italy by the will of Leo XIII. In addition, some little-known characters are discussed, for example, the only living sculptor who has made a Holy Door, that of Santa Maria Maggiore. Among other services also a focus 'on the various forms of prayer from the sanctuaries to the young, from prisons to the relationship between prayer and artificial intelligence'. A 'window on the world' will also open, 'with our ambassadors who will tell us if in the various countries they are already talking about Jubilee and how the Italian communities are organizing'.
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