the pope is in rome, presiding over the easter ceremonies, as gail maclellan reports. sung prayer at st peter s on good friday, pope francis presided over the lord s passion, a ceremony marking a specific sorrow but echoing with contemporary pain. this is father bernard, preacher of the pontifical household. translation: this year, we celebrate easter, - not to the joyful sound of bells, but with the noise in the ears of bombs and explosions not farfrom here. holy week ceremonies everywhere were scaled back for the past two years because of the pandemic. but this year, the ancient tradition of the way of the cross returned to rome. the candlelight service consists of the 1a stations
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to see one of your holy sites, you come, like, 80 kilometres away, just to get this type of behaviour against you. i m speechless. nearby, it s a special day for christians. thousands have come for easter and to walk the traditional way of the cross. it s incredible. it s a miracle to be here and to share this holy friday with all the people and to pray for everybody. we pray here for the peace. but for now, those prayers aren t answered. the overlapping religious holidays were always going to raise tensions here in the old city. people of different faiths are celebrating, but these narrow streets feel more on edge after the recent deadly violence and today s clashes. elsewhere, injerusalem, a jewish ritual. families are burning the bread, banned during passover, which begins tonight.
calm to set in, and we meet 0marjoining the clean up. he came for ramadan prayers. you just want to pray. and it s really heartbreaking to see one of your holy sites, you come, like, 80 kilometres away, just to get this type of behaviour against you. i m speechless. nearby, it s a special day for christians. thousands have come for easter and to walk the traditional way of the cross. it s incredible. it s a miracle to be here and to share this holy friday with all the people and to pray for everybody. we pray here for the peace. but for now, those prayers aren t answered. the overlapping religious holidays were always going to raise tensions here in the old city. people of different faiths are celebrating, but these narrow streets feel more on edge after the recent deadly violence and today s clashes.