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Tens of thousands of people gather in Saint Peter's Square to hear Pope Francis give the Easter mass and the traditional blessing. The Easter holy week, which commemorates the death and the resurrection of Christ, is the high point of the Catholic calendar. IMAGES
Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week leading up to Easter, and pays tribute to today's martyrs. Vanessa Johnston reports.
Pope Francis gives the Holy Chrism Mass in St Peter's Basilica on Holy Thursday. The pontiff left hospital last week after a bout of bronchitis, ready to kick off the holiest week in the Christian calendar. IMAGES
Vatican City, Apr 1 (EFE).- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla). Pope Francis held a mass on Holy Thursday in St. Peter's Basilica.FOOTAGE OF THE CHRISMAL MASS. SOUNDBITES OF POPE FRANCIS.TRANSLATION:"The proclamation of the Gospel is always linked to the embrace of a specific cross. The meek light of the Word generates clarity in well-disposed hearts and confusion and rejection in those which are not"."All this makes us see that the proclamation of the Good News is mysteriously linked to persecution and the Cross.""Feeling that the Lord always gives us what we ask for, but He does it in his divine way. This mode involves the cross. Not out of masochism, but out of love, out of love unril the end."
Pope Francis leads mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to celebrate Epiphany, the Christian holiday marking the Three Kings' visit to Jesus. Francis leads prayers, hymns and blesses an incense thurible during the early part of the service. IMAGES
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