The Vatican has confirmed Pope Francis would preside over the Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, after he decided at the last minute to skip his participation in the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum as a health precaution. The Vatican’s daily bulletin confirmed Francis would lead the lengthy vigil in St Peter’s Basilica, one […]
Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good Friday procession at Rome’s Colosseum to protect his health, the Vatican said, adding to concerns about his frail condition during a particularly busy liturgical period. Francis had been expected to preside over the Way of the Cross procession, which re-enacts Christ’s Passion and crucifixion, and composed the meditations that […]
TAXCO, Mexico (AP) — A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco brutally beat a woman to death Thursday because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before the city’s famous Holy Week procession. The mob formed after an 8-year-old girl disappeared Wednesday. Her body was found on […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A religious procession in downtown Barcelona celebrated the appearance of long-awaited rain, after nine days of praying for relief from a severe drought. Around 100 local people took part in the Catholic ceremony on a rainy Saturday evening. They carried the figure of the Holy Christ of the Blood, winding their […]
Hundreds of people gathered in the Kenyan athletics hub of Eldoret on Thursday for a funeral procession in honour of marathon prodigy Kelvin Kiptum, who died earlier this month when his car crashed into a tree. His coffin, encircled with flowers, was carried in a hearse through the streets of the town in the Rift […]
The body of a New Hampshire Marine who tragically died in a helicopter training exercise in California in early February will be returned to his hometown on Tuesday. 26-year-old Jack Thomas Casey, Captain in the US Marine Corps, died suddenly in a tragic accident, along with 4 other crew members, on Feb. 7 in Pine […]
Misinformation and mudslinging is rife on Indonesian social media ahead of the February 2024 presidential election. In the latest case, footage of a Catholic procession in Venezuela has surfaced in posts that falsely claim it shows supporters of presidential hopeful Anies Baswedan in Papua New Guinea. The clip was in fact originally posted as a […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Tuesday in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital that paraded a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Many said they were praying for peace in the Middle East, where tens of thousands of Filipinos work, as fears rise of a spread of […]
EL CAJON, Calif. — A 50-plus tow truck procession took place Saturday in honor of tow truck driver Dale Alan Pumphrey who died while servicing a car on New Year’s Eve. “Everyone is here showing our respect, doing a last ride for our friend,” said Yousif, a AAA tow truck driver, and Pumphrey’s friend. “It’s […]
Dec. 23—The funeral procession for the late Preble County Sheriff’s deputy killed in a crash earlier this week wound its way through the region today. Joshua Hamilton, 34, was killed in the crash on Monday. A second driver, 36-year-old Michael Eugene Gayhart II, also died in the head-on crash. In the video from our reporter […]