Catholicism
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Celebration
Easter and the power of Catholicism
Thursday and Friday were holidays in Peru, while we here in the United States had to go to work. There…
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Celebration
Joy, Carnival, and Lent
“Lent is a time of Joy”, said Father Patrick in Sunday Mass. I took a moment and smiled. I thought…
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Food & Drinks
A New Sun Rises as Crosses are Feasted in Cuzco
Today is a feast day with historical resonance throughout the Andes and especially in Cuzco. It is the Feast of…
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Customs
The Lord of Earthquakes’ Procession Yesterday.
Yesterday was one of the most important events in the ritual calendar of Cuzco. It is up there with the…
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Customs
Sweets and Palms in Cuzco on Palm Sunday
Today is Palm Sunday and with it begins Holy Week. Though strongly based in its indigenous past, Cuzco is also…
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Commentary
Pope Francis Will Find a Very Catholic Cuzco
A very Catholic city, people in Cuzco hung on the edge of smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel yesterday and…
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Food & Drinks
Eat, Dance, and Sing with the Dead Today in Cuzco
In many parts of Peru people have the custom of going to the cemetery today as a family to spend…
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