13 April 2012. A Photo Essay. A Point of Unity… Catholic Holy Week and Easter 2012

A young Pakistani Christian girl at Easter Mass at St John Church in Peshawar (Peshawar District. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province) PAKISTAN, 8 April 2012

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Penitents in a religious procession pass pattern of coloured sawdust in Antigua Guatemala (Sacatepéquez Department) GUATEMALA, Good Friday, 6 April 2012

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A girl in a religious procession with the image of the Virgin Mary in Pátzcuaro (Municipality of Pátzcuaro. Michoacán State) MEXICO, Good Friday, 6 April 2012

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Believers carry a statue of Jesus of Nazareth during a traditional procession called “Ribbons of Jesus of Nazareth” on Holy Wednesday, 4 April 2012, in Cartago (Cartago Canton. Cartago Province) COSTA RICA

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Believers at Easter Mass in Lilongwe (Lilongwe District. Central Region) MALAWI, 8 April 2012

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‘The Devil’ whips Catholics to drive away their sins, Holy Monday, San Salvador (San Salvador Department) EL SALVADOR, 2 April 2012 

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Presentation of “Via Dolorosa” in Asunción (Gran Asunción Autonomous Capital District) PARAGUAY, Good Friday, 6 April 2012

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On 6 April 2012, Good Friday, pilgrims from all over the world formed a procession along the tidal causeway to Holy Island on April 6 in the English town of Berwick-upon-Tweed (Shire of Northumberland. North East England) ENGLAND UK  in a traditional annual Holy Week pilgrimage.

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Members of the Brotherhood “Cofradia del Silencio”, Zamora (Province of Zamora. Autonomous Community of Castilla y León) SPAIN, Holy Wednesday, 4 April 2012

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Easter bonfire in Elbingerode (Landkreis Harz. Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt) GERMANY, Holy Saturday, 7 April 2012

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Traditional Good Friday procession in Masatepe (Masaya Department) NICARAGUA, 6 April 2012

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Romanian artist Lucia Kondrea shows her work at an exhibition of painted Easter eggs, 29 March 2012, Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region) BELGIUM

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Archbishop John Sentamu baptised believer in York (North Yorkshire. Yorkshire and the Humber Region) ENGLAND UK, Holy Saturday, 7 April 2012

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old City of Jerusalem PALESTINE (under Israeli occupation), Good Friday, 6 April 2012

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Христос воскресе из мертвых, Смертию смерть поправ; И сущым во гробѣх живот даровав!

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling on death by death; and upon those in the tombs, bestowing life!

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