WATCH: Catholics in Ecuador, Venezuela and Chile take part in Good Friday processions
Catholics in Ecuador took part in the Good Friday procession in central Quito, some of them wearing the traditional purple hoods known locally as "cucuruchos."
The Pope's opening of the Holy Door was part of major events in the Catholic Churchβs once-every-quarter-century celebration that is expected to attract about 32 million pilgrims to Rome.
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The pontiff reminded the Catholic faithful on Wednesday of children suffering from war and hunger, the elderly living in isolation, those fleeing their homelands, people who have lost their jobs and those persecuted for their faith.
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