December
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24 Friday,
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord.
- *St. Peter's
Basilica: Opening of the Holy Door, and Midnight Mass.
- Holy Land: Opening of the Jubilee
25 Saturday, Solemnity of the Birth of the Lord.
- *Basilica of St.
John Lateran: Opening of the Holy Door and Vespers.
- *St. Peter's
Square: The "Urbi et Orbi" message and blessing.
- Local Churches: Opening of the Jubilee.
31 Friday .
- *St. Peter's
Basilica: Vespers and Te Deum (usually at the Church of Il Gesu)
- St. Peter’s Square: Youth prayer vigil for the passage to the Year
2000.
- *"Urbi et
Orbi" Blessing from the window of the Apostolic Palace
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