Due to the pandemic, this was Archbishop Gomez’s first Christmas Mass at the jail since 2019. As in past years, the day’s message got across rather easily to the inmates in the pews. By Pablo Kay, Angelus News
A stained glass window depicting a Stations of the Cross scene created by French-born artist Delphine Poulain, hangs in the Holy Cross church, in Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui or Easter Island, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Last year, thankful for the blessings that Rapa Nui has bestowed on her, Poulain offered a gift: stained-glass windows representing the 14 Stations of the Cross in the Catholic church, located in the island’s main city. Read more from Maria Teresa Hernández, AP (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
