FRANCE: Pilgrims carry a crucifix to the iconic Sacre Coeur church in Paris for Good Friday celebrations

Record ID: 449866

  • Title: FRANCE: Pilgrims carry a crucifix to the iconic Sacre Coeur church in Paris for Good Friday celebrations
  • Date: 23rd April 2011
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (APRIL 22, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS OUTSIDE MONTMARTRE'S SACRE COEUR BASILICA ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS ANDRE VINGT-TROIS CARRYING A CROSS UP STAIRS VARIOUS OF PROCESSION AND FOLLOWERS VARIOUS OF NUNS (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH TEACHER FROM NEW YORK HUGO ANDRE, SAYING: "Catholics stay catholics. We will always be part of that week ourselves, no matter how bad the world has become. This will always be meaningful. Now people have to educate their children in a Catholic way and stuff, but it will always be meaningful." MONKS CROWD AROUND PROCESSION IN PARK IN MONTMARTRE VARIOUS OF PROCESSION GOING UP THE HILL TO THE SACRE COEUR CROWDS (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH ARTIST MONIQUE, SAYING: "There is an air of conviviality because people are in it together. At that moment we realise that we are all humans, and we are all the same. We are all born of one father, which is the Father, the All-mighty, the Christ and the Holy Ghost." ARCHBISHOP VINGT-TROIS PRAYING BEFORE THE CROSS PILGRIM HOLDING ROSARY BEADS FOLLOWERS WALKING TO BASILICA ARCHBISHOP VINGT-TROIS CARRYING THE CROSS FOLLOWED BY PROCESSION PILGRIMS ON THE STEPS TO THE SACRE COEUR
  • Embargoed: 8th May 2011 13:00
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  • Location: France, France
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVA4Z3N4LQQ0ETXPV5KQMKVQK6B4
  • Story Text: Hundreds of pilgrims rallied to Paris' Sacre Coeur on Good Friday (April 22) to join in a procession celebrating Easter by re-enacting Jesus Christ' crucifixion in front of the iconic Montmartre basilica.
    French Archbishop Andre Vingt-Trois re-enacted Jesus's final hours by carrying a cross up the winding paths through the park leading to the Paris's monument.
    Along the way, the religious leader asked the crowds to pray for those in the world who were suffering and included not only the victims of intolerance and conflict, but also the recession-struck youth which faces the adversity of rising unemployment.
    The faithful flocked from near and far to the outdoor celebration on one of the most important dates in the catholic calendar
    "Catholics stay catholics. We will always be part of that week ourselves, no matter how bad the world has become. This will always be meaningful. Now people have to educate their children in a Catholic way and stuff, but it will always be meaningful," said Hugo Andre, a French teacher living in New York.
    Pilgrims chanted and prayed along the procession as chapters from the Passion were read out.
    "There is an air of conviviality because people are in it together. At that moment we realise that we are all humans, and we are all the same. We are all born of one father, which is the Father, the All-mighty, the Christ and the Holy Ghost," said French pilgrim Monique.
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