2021 is a significant year for pilgrims who walk the Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James.<\/p>\n
This is because, after an 11-year gap, Spain is once again celebrating a Jacobean Year. The tradition began almost 900 years ago, in 1122. Known as A\u00f1o Xacobeo, the year is celebrated whenever July 25, St. James's feast day, falls on a Sunday.<\/p>\n
The pope sent a message from Rome to bless this ceremony and all the pilgrims who will travel to Santiago during this \u201cXacobeo.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ceremony was full of symbolic rituals.<\/p>\n
First, Bishop Juli\u00e1n Barrio knocked three times on the Holy Door, or Door of Forgiveness, with a hammer made of silver and wood.<\/p>\n
He then opened this bronze door with a silver key.<\/p>\n
'This is the door of the Lord. As of that moment, the Holy Year began, and the first pilgrims entered the cathedral.<\/p>\n Over the next few months, many more will enter this cathedral to pray before the remains of the apostle James, St. John's brother and one of Jesus' closest disciples.<\/p>\n After the ceremony, the pope's nuncio announced a surprise.<\/p>\n MSGR. BERNARDINO AUZA The Mass concluded with the rite of \u201cBotafumeiro,\u201d a spectacular incense burner weighing 136 lbs and measuring almost 5 feet in height.<\/p>\n It takes seven or eight people to operate it. It can reach 42 miles per hour and climb up to 213 feet.<\/p>\n Santiago de Compostela is also a land of bagpipes.<\/p>\n That's why, after the ceremony, a musician named Carlos N\u00fa\u00f1ez sang a special Salve Regina with this instrument.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Javier Mart\u00ednez-Brocal January 4, 2021. The spectacular ceremony in the cathedral of Santiago included the \u201cbotafumeiro.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":45787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YQLlWi1UlBQ","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/baperturaportasantaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/baperturaportasantaint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n'The righteous will enter through it.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPope's Nuncio to Spain<\/strong>
\n\u201cIt is extended into the year 2022, taking into account the Covid-19 pandemic, trying to avoid prohibited or unadvised crowds, and seeking the glory of God and the apostle James.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTranslation: Christian Campos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"