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Pope Francis opens the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome. The 88-year-old pontiff, who has recently been suffering from a cold, is pushed in a wheelchair up to the huge, ornate bronze door and knocked on it, before the doors open.

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