The hotel operators and storekeepers of Italy listened to the Pope with a special joy last week. In his semi-annual radio address to the world's Catholics, Pius XII announced officially that 1950 would be a Holy Yearthe 25th in the church's history**during which Catholics who visit Rome to "venerate the tombs of the Apostles and the See of Peter" earn special indulgences for their sins.
** Since 1450, Holy Years have, with a few exceptions, been observed every 25 years.
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