Word: processional
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The funeral procession took ten hours to reach the cemetery. During that time, the mood of the accompanying Filipinos shifted back and forth between mourning and militancy, although the crowd never abandoned an impressive collective discipline. But gradually the participants became aware that they were engaged in the largest public...
Yet there was nothing quixotic in the final odyssey of Philippine Opposition Leader Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino Jr. He may even have known that his murder (if such were to be his fate) would galvanize his countrymen. And so it did. Hour after hour, for three long days last week, the...
John Paul led a candlelight procession to the grotto on Sunday, which was followed by an open-air Mass in an adjacent meadow on Monday, the feast of the Assumption, the religious holiday marking Mary's entry into heaven. The Pope noted that his visit coincided with the 2...
Dominoes are a fitting analogy for the Summer Theatre production which explores relationships between 10 couples before, during, and after sex. In the ancient game, you stand 10 dominoes in a circle and push one, the first one falls on the second which in turn descends on the third and...
If official concern for the Pope's safety seemed exaggerated, the Polish police had good reason to fear an outbreak of antigovernment demonstrations. After the Pope left St. John's Cathedral, Solidarity supporters rallied in front of the Royal Palace and began to march through downtown Warsaw to...