Photos: Corpus Christi celebrated around the world

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Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday, celebrates the Christian sacrament and rite, the Eucharist, which for Christians represents the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine.

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  • Women in their traditional costumes chat under a dark sky after a Corpus Christi mass in Appenzell, Switzerland, Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Ennio Leanza)

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    Women in their traditional costumes chat under a dark sky after a Corpus Christi mass in Appenzell, Switzerland, Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Ennio Leanza)


  • Girls throw flower petals during a Corpus Christi procession in Gora Kalwaria near Warsaw May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

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    Girls throw flower petals during a Corpus Christi procession in Gora Kalwaria near Warsaw May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel


  • Dancers wearing a traditional devil mask and costumes dance, in which the devils pay penance and ask for relief from physical ailments, symbolizes the ongoing struggle between good and evil, during Corpus Christi celebrations, in the streets of La Villa, Panama, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Residents don colorful masks and bright costumes as they dance through the streets of this small Panamanian town, for its annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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    Dancers wearing a traditional devil mask and costumes dance, in which the devils pay penance and ask for relief from physical ailments, symbolizes the ongoing struggle between good and evil, during Corpus Christi celebrations, in the streets of La Villa, Panama, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Residents don colorful masks and bright costumes as they dance through the streets of this small Panamanian town, for its annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)


  • Men hold traditional devil masks during Corpus Christi mass celebrations at the San Atanacio church in La Villa, Panama, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Residents don colorful masks and bright costumes as they dance through the streets of this small Panamanian town, for its annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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    Men hold traditional devil masks during Corpus Christi mass celebrations at the San Atanacio church in La Villa, Panama, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Residents don colorful masks and bright costumes as they dance through the streets of this small Panamanian town, for its annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)


  • A boy dressed as a soul takes part in the annual Corpus Christi celebration in La Chorrera on the outskirts of Panama City May 30, 2013. During the annual celebration, people dressed as colorful devils, angels and souls dance the

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    A boy dressed as a soul takes part in the annual Corpus Christi celebration in La Chorrera on the outskirts of Panama City May 30, 2013. During the annual celebration, people dressed as colorful devils, angels and souls dance the “El Baile del Gran Diablo” (the Great Devil Dance), representing the struggle between good and evil, in a mixture of Spanish and indigenous traditions. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso


  • A boy and girl wearing traditional Bavarian folk costumes depart after attending the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael's Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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    A boy and girl wearing traditional Bavarian folk costumes depart after attending the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael’s Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)


  • Children carry a giant rosary during a Corpus Christi procession in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Corpus Christi is a national holiday centering on processions in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

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    Children carry a giant rosary during a Corpus Christi procession in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Corpus Christi is a national holiday centering on processions in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)


  • A faithful looks on as Pope Francis leads a Corpus Christi mass at San Giovanni in Laterano Basilica in Rome, May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito

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    A faithful looks on as Pope Francis leads a Corpus Christi mass at San Giovanni in Laterano Basilica in Rome, May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito


  • A man looks outside at drizzling rain during the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael's Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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    A man looks outside at drizzling rain during the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael’s Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)


  • Participants wearing traditional Bavarian folk costumes pull out umbrellas against drizzling rain after attending the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael's Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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    Participants wearing traditional Bavarian folk costumes pull out umbrellas against drizzling rain after attending the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael’s Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)


  • Participants wearing traditional Bavarian folk costumes visit the local cemetery under drizzling rain after attending the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael's Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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    Participants wearing traditional Bavarian folk costumes visit the local cemetery under drizzling rain after attending the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael’s Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)


  • Participants dressed in traditional Bavarian folk costumes attend the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael's Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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    Participants dressed in traditional Bavarian folk costumes attend the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael’s Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)


  • A cross stands on a flag pole during the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael's Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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    A cross stands on a flag pole during the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael’s Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)


  • A boy and men dressed in traditional Bavarian folk costumes attend the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael's Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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    A boy and men dressed in traditional Bavarian folk costumes attend the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael’s Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)


  • Girls and young women dressed in traditional Bavarian folk costumes arrive for the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael's Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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    Girls and young women dressed in traditional Bavarian folk costumes arrive for the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael’s Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)


  • A young girl braids the bookmark of a hymn book before the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael's Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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    A young girl braids the bookmark of a hymn book before the annual Corpus Christi (in German called Fronleichnam) mass at St. Michael’s Church on May 30, 2013 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year. Corpus Christi is among the highlights of the Catholic religious calendar in Bavaria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)


  • Nuns kneel on a street as they take part in a Corpus Christi procession in Gora Kalwaria near Warsaw May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

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    Nuns kneel on a street as they take part in a Corpus Christi procession in Gora Kalwaria near Warsaw May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel


  • A girl dressed as an angel (C) sits between youths dressed as a devil (R) and a soul as they listen to the annual Corpus Christi service in La Chorrera on the outskirts of Panama City May 30, 2013. During the celebration, people dressed as colorful devils, angels and souls, dance the

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    A girl dressed as an angel (C) sits between youths dressed as a devil (R) and a soul as they listen to the annual Corpus Christi service in La Chorrera on the outskirts of Panama City May 30, 2013. During the celebration, people dressed as colorful devils, angels and souls, dance the “El Baile del Gran Diablo” (the Great Devil Dance), representing the struggle between good and evil, in a mixture of Spanish and indigenous traditions. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso


  • Youths dressed in traditional costumes as

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    Youths dressed in traditional costumes as “diablos” (devils) sit during the annual Corpus Christi service in La Chorrera on the outskirts of Panama City May 30, 2013. During the annual celebration, people dressed as colorful devils, angels and souls dance the “El Baile del Gran Diablo” (the Great Devil Dance), representing the struggle between good and evil, in a mixture of Spanish and indigenous traditions. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso


  • People dressed as a dancing devils perform on the streets in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Thursday, May 30, 2013. The descendants of African slaves donned colorful masks and bright red costumes as they danced through the streets of this small Venezuelan town on Thursday for its annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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    People dressed as a dancing devils perform on the streets in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Thursday, May 30, 2013. The descendants of African slaves donned colorful masks and bright red costumes as they danced through the streets of this small Venezuelan town on Thursday for its annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)


  • A boy wearing a traditional devil mask dances in the streets of La Villa, Panama, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Residents don colorful masks and bright costumes as they dance through the streets of this small Panamanian town, for its annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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    A boy wearing a traditional devil mask dances in the streets of La Villa, Panama, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Residents don colorful masks and bright costumes as they dance through the streets of this small Panamanian town, for its annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)


  • A devil mask is propped against a wall in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Thursday, May 30, 2013. The descendants of African slaves donned colorful masks and bright red costumes as they danced through the streets of this small Venezuelan town on Thursday for its annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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    A devil mask is propped against a wall in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Thursday, May 30, 2013. The descendants of African slaves donned colorful masks and bright red costumes as they danced through the streets of this small Venezuelan town on Thursday for its annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)


  • Catholics prepare a traditional sawdust carpet rug, with a segment dedicated to Pope Francis, during Corpus Christi celebrations in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Corpus Christ celebrates the Christian sacrament and rite, the Eucharist, which for Christians represents the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Pope Francis will travel to Brazil to attend World Youth Day in July. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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    Catholics prepare a traditional sawdust carpet rug, with a segment dedicated to Pope Francis, during Corpus Christi celebrations in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Corpus Christ celebrates the Christian sacrament and rite, the Eucharist, which for Christians represents the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Pope Francis will travel to Brazil to attend World Youth Day in July. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)


  • People attend a Catholic Mass celebrating Corpus Christi outside the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 30, 2013. The event is dedicated to the mystery of the Eucharist and concludes the cycle of feasts following Easter. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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    People attend a Catholic Mass celebrating Corpus Christi outside the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 30, 2013. The event is dedicated to the mystery of the Eucharist and concludes the cycle of feasts following Easter. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)


  • Pope Francis leads the Corpus Domini procession from St. John at the Lateran Basilica to St. Mary Major Basilica to mark the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, in Rome, Thursday, May 30, 2013. The event is dedicated to the mystery of the Eucharist and concludes the cycle of feasts following Easter. Pope Francis celebrated the evening Mass at St. John in Lateran Basilica then traveled a short distance in a procession to St. Mary Major Basilica. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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    Pope Francis leads the Corpus Domini procession from St. John at the Lateran Basilica to St. Mary Major Basilica to mark the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, in Rome, Thursday, May 30, 2013. The event is dedicated to the mystery of the Eucharist and concludes the cycle of feasts following Easter. Pope Francis celebrated the evening Mass at St. John in Lateran Basilica then traveled a short distance in a procession to St. Mary Major Basilica. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)


  • Faithful hold candles at the end of the Corpus Domini procession from St. John at the Lateran Basilica to St. Mary Major Basilica to mark the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, in Rome, Thursday, May 30, 2013. The event is dedicated to the mystery of the Eucharist and concludes the cycle of feasts following Easter. Pope Francis celebrated the evening Mass at St. John in Lateran Basilica then traveled a short distance in a procession to St. Mary Major Basilica. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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    Faithful hold candles at the end of the Corpus Domini procession from St. John at the Lateran Basilica to St. Mary Major Basilica to mark the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, in Rome, Thursday, May 30, 2013. The event is dedicated to the mystery of the Eucharist and concludes the cycle of feasts following Easter. Pope Francis celebrated the evening Mass at St. John in Lateran Basilica then traveled a short distance in a procession to St. Mary Major Basilica. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)



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