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Laetare Sunday is much more than 'pink' vestments

A Pillar Explainer

The Pillar
Mar 27, 2022
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Pope Francis offers Mass on Laetare Sunday, 2019, in Morocco. Credit: Vatican Media/youtube.

Sunday, March 27, is celebrated in the Church as Laetare Sunday, in which Catholics are urged to rejoice amid the penitential sacrifices of Lent.

But where did Laetare Sunday come from?

And why does the priest wear pink-ish vestments?

The Pillar explains it all.

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