Pope celebrates Holy Thursday ahead of foot-washing ritual vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Pope Francis swings a thurible of incense as he celebrates the Palm Sunday mass on April 14, 2019 at St. Peter’s square in the Vatican. The Crism Mass celebrates the unity of priests with their bishops. During Thursday’s service, Francis blessed the holy oils that will be used over the course of the year in the administration of sacraments.
“We anoint by dirtying our hands in touching the wounds, the sins and the worries of the people,” he said. This year, Holy Week — which for Catholics commemorates Christ’s crucifixion, death and resurrection — has taken on particular meaning following the fire at Notre Dame, a symbol of French Catholicism.
Later Thursday, Francis travels outside Rome to Velletri, where he will celebrate the ritual foot-washing ceremony at a prison.
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