Faithfuls react as they stand before the statues of Cristo de Medinaceli and the Virgen de los Dolores, at Jesus de Medinaceli basilica, after annual Holy Week processions were cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Madrid, Spain, April 1, 2021.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presides over the Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Vatican, April 1, 2021.
Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff at the end of a Chrism Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 1, 2021. Andrew Medichini/Pool via REUTERS
Pope Francis holds the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 1, 2021. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
Filipino penitent Greg Meer is nailed on a cross during a reenactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, in Santo Tomas, Batangas province, Philippines, March 30, 2021.
Faithfuls wear traditional mantilla dresses as they walk to a church to venerate the statues of Christ and the Virgin of the Esperanza brotherhood during the Holy Week, after the annual processions were cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Malaga, Spain April 1, 2021.
Worshippers wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony on Easter Holy Week in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 1, 2021.
Flavie Villanueva, a Catholic priest from the Society of the Divine Word, wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, leans to kiss the feet of a homeless man after washing them on Maundy Thursday in Manila, Philippines, April 1, 2021.
Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, attends the Washing of the Feet ceremony on Holy Thursday at the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which has been ravaged by a fire in 2019, in Paris, France April 1, 2021. Christophe Ena/Pool via REUTERS
Priest Mette Frydendahl Tarbensen conducts an outdoor communion service on Maundy Thursday in Oksboel, Denmark, April 1, 2021. Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
Notre-Dame cathedral's rector Patrick Chauvet stands while French violinist Marina Chiche performs as part of Holy Thursday ceremony at the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which has been ravaged by a fire in 2019, in Paris, France April 1, 2021. Christophe Ena/Pool via REUTERS
A woman cries as faithfuls gather to venerate the statues of Christ and the Virgin of the Mena brotherhood inside a church during the Holy Week, after the annual processions were cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Malaga, Spain April 1, 2021.
Faithfuls wait in line to enter a church to venerate the statues of Christ and the Virgin of the Mena brotherhood during the Holy Week, after the annual processions were cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Malaga, Spain April 1, 2021.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presides over the Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Vatican, April 1, 2021. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
The statue of Virgin of the Dolores, prepared to be venerated by the faithful, is seen inside a church during the Holy Week, after the annual processions were cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Ronda, Spain April 1, 2021.
Pope Francis celebrates a Chrism Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 1, 2021. Andrew Medichini/Pool via REUTERS
Worshippers take part in a procession during the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony on Easter Holy Week in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 1, 2021. \
A faithful wearing a traditional mantilla dress poses for a picture in front of the statue of Jesus del Gran Poder at San Isidro Collegiate Church, after annual Holy Week processions were cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Madrid, Spain, April 1, 2021.
Christian faithful celebrate Easter in a pandemic