ope Benedict XVI, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held the Holy Thursday mass, which commemorates the last supper of Jesus Christ, in Italy's Vatican City.
The day is part of a holy week, which is a time of penance, when Christians are supposed to confess their guilts and ask for forgiveness.
This year the solemn period coincides with a new wave of controversy surrounding allegations of Catholic priests involved in child sex-abuse cases.The Catholic Church through the Ages: A History
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