Guam’s enduring religious procession in Hagåtña in honor of the island’s patron saint, Santa Marian Kamalen, will resume on Dec. 8 after a three-year pandemic pause.

The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World. The pure beeswax of which the candle is made represents the sinless Christ who was formed in the womb of His Mother.

In the seventh century, the Church in Rome adopted the practice of Adoration of the Cross from the Church in Jerusalem, where a fragment of wood believed to be the Lord's cross had been venerated ...