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It’s a solemn, reflective day. There are no celebratory hymns, and church altars are stripped bare. So the name, for many, raises eyebrows. The “good” in Good Friday likely reflects the theological ...

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in front of the church altar, and wash the feet of 12 children or servants of the church, anointing their feet with blessed oil. In the evening of Holy Thursday, a solemn service is held ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A unique Holy Week tradition is drawing thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern ... crucified Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas at the main ...

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