Jubilee event combines popular piety, venerated statues and ancient ruins
ROME (CNS) — Under a strong spring sun, hundreds of men processed past ancient Roman ruins carrying statues of the crucified Christ and his sorrowful mother on heavy wood bases. They were accompanied May 17 by tens of thousands of members of Catholic confraternities from Spain, Italy, Portugal, France and dozens of other countries. The…
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