CHRISM BLESSING Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal F. Advincula prays over the chrisms in the first mass of the Manila Cathedral for the blessing of the oils on Maundy Thursday, April 14, 2022, two years since the pandemic began. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
MORE than 300 priests and hundreds more of the lay faithful in the Archdiocese of Manila gathered at the Manila Cathedral on Holy Thursday for the celebration of the Chrism Mass, the first after two years of being unable to do so because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.