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...three other basilicas in Rome? St. John Lateran, Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Mary Major?specially deputed cardinals will "batter down" other holy portals. The symbolism of the rite is variously interpreted???by some as representing the return of Adam and Eve (i.e., humanity) to Paradise through the intercession of Christ; by others, as having sprung from the fact that the medieval church was sanctuary for fugitives...