TIn St. Peters Square, embellished for the 25th time with splendid Dutch floral arrangements, Benedict XVI presided over the Holy Mass of Easter Sunday.The Eucharistic celebration began with the Resurrexit Rite: the unveiling of the new Acheiropita icon, a reproduction based on the original medieval model, which depicts Christ the Savior sitting on the throne.To the sound of the Surrexit Dominus, two deacons showed the image of the Risen Christ first to the Holy Father, and then to the faithful, thus restoring the ancient tradition according to which, at the beginning of the celebration, the Bishop of Rome encounters the Risen Lord in the icon, becoming the first witness of the resurrection…

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