[NYer]

A boy prays during the Penitentiary celebration presieded by Card. Stafford in the Saint Peter Basilica at the Vatican, April 11, 2006.

A priest prays during the Penitentiary celebration presieded by Card. Stafford in the Saint Peter Basilica at the Vatican, April 11, 2006.

A nun prays during the Penitentiary celebration presieded by Card. Stafford in the Saint Peter Basilica at the Vatican, April 11, 2006.

[AnAmericanMother]

Archbishop Piero Marini, master of pontifical liturgical celebrations, had explained that the rite had been a tradition in Rome on Holy Thursday until the Renaissance.

Benedikt -- Gott geschickt!