(slideshow) Pope Francis leads the Chrism Mass on Maundy Thursday at St. Peter’s Basilica

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Pope Francis leads the Chrism Mass on Maundy Thursday at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican

The Chrism Mass is a religious service held in Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism. Maundy Thursday is notable for being the day on which the Chrism Mass is celebrated in each diocese. The Chrism Mass is one of the most solemn and important liturgies of the liturgical year.

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