Universal Church #Porte Sainte

After its closure due to its dilapidated state, the Saint Hyppolyte Cathedral of Kikwit has just opened its doors this December 29, 202 after a year and five months. It was also the occasion for Monsignor Timothée Bodika to open the Holy Door according to the recommendation of the Universal Church for the Jubilee Year.

In his sermon, the local ordinary returned to the value of a family and at the same time, he called on parents and children to found a family similar to that of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, especially by cultivating values such as forgiveness, dialogue, cohesion... and to learn to reject the practices of division, hatred, conflict,... He ended his homily by inviting all the faithful to have a pious thought for all the families who are separated by the horrors of repeated war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sunday, December 29, 2025, as announced by his invitation to the people of God who are in Kinshasa, His Eminence Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, Archbishop of Kinshasa, opened the Holy Door at the Notre Dame du Congo Cathedral. This festivity began with a pilgrimage from Bosembo College along the Avenue des Sciences towards Avenue 24 to land in front of the esplanade of the Cathedral, where the opening ceremonies of the Holy Door took place.

Sunday, December 29, 2024, Sunday of the Holy Family, was a fateful date in the Catholic Church in general and in the Diocese of Kalemie -Kirungu, in particular. His Excellency Monsignor Jean - Christophe Amade Aloma, opened the Holy Door for the 2025 jubilee under the theme "Pilgrims of hope", a theme inspired by the papal Bull "Spes non confondit" which translates to: "Hope does not disappoint". Everything took place at the pro-cathedral of Christ the King of Kalemie.

His Eminence Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo invites all the faithful of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa to the Eucharist of the opening of the Holy Door which he will preside over this Sunday, December 29, 2024 at the Notre Dame du Congo Cathedral at 11:00 a.m., which Eucharist will be preceded by a pilgrimage starting from the avenue at 10:00 a.m. It should be noted that "people who participate in this jubilee and those who pass through the holy door during the year will receive the jubilee indulgence if they respect the conditions," wrote Cardinal AMBONGO.