Last Supper rites held today, Maundy Thursday.(Main News)

From: Manila Bulletin | Date: March 27, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: BRENDA PIQUERO TUAZON

Today, Maundy Thursday, the Christian world recalls the Last Supper Jesus shared with His apostles in the upper room of the house of his friend Nicodemus.

In the Philippines, families will visit churches in keeping with the "Visita Iglesia" practice of visiting seven churches.

In St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in Rome, Pope John Paul II, his state of health permitting, is expected to preside over the washing of t...

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