Holy days arrive for the faithful
By DAVID CRARY and MARIAM FAM - Associated Press
Altar server Samantha Holmes, of East Brookfield, Mass., center, carries a crucifix with palm leaves during a procession at the start of Palm Sunday Mass at Mary, Queen of the Rosary Parish in Spencer, Mass. For Christians across the United States, Easter services will reflect an extra measure of joy as the nation experiences rising optimism after a year of pandemic.
The Rev. William Schipper, left, pastor of Mary, Queen of the Rosary Parish, celebrates Palm Sunday Mass on March 28 as parishioners hold palm leaves at the Catholic church in Spencer, Mass. Parishioners wore masks out of concern for the coronavirus.
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A restored figure of Jesus arrives into Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria church in Seville, southern Spain, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Few Catholics in devout southern Spain would have imagined an April without the pomp and ceremony of Holy Week processions. With the coronavirus pandemic unremitting, they will miss them for a second year. (Credit: Laura Leon/AP.)
Few Catholics in devout southern Spain would have ever imagined an April without the pomp and ceremony of Holy Week processions.
SEVILLE, Spain Few Catholics in devout southern Spain would have ever imagined an April without the pomp and ceremony of Holy Week processions.
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CNA Staff, Mar 31, 2021 CNA.- Christians will celebrate Easter at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre this year after the storied church remained closed last Easter due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, presided over Palm Sunday Mass on March 28 at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with a small group in the church and more than 2,000 people participating in an outdoor Palm Sunday procession.
More than half the population of Israel is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, and authorities have relaxed some restrictions to allow small congregations to gather for Holy Week with social distancing measures in place, Reuters reported.
Gunfire heard at Indonesian national police HQ in Jakarta The New Nation
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A woman entered the Indonesian National Police Headquarters in Jakarta and pointed a gun at several officers before being shot dead by police, in the latest in a series of attacks in the world s most populous Muslim nation.
Authorities had earlier imposed a counterterrorism crackdown and were on heightened alert for possible attacks against police and places of worship following a suicide bombing at a Roman Catholic cathedral during Palm Sunday Mass on Sulawesi island which wounded at least 20 people.
Television video on Wednesday showed an unidentified woman wearing a long black robe and a blue veil walking near a parking lot at the police headquarters toward the police chief s office building. She pointed a gun at several police officers before being shot dead by other officers.