angelus
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The Vatican confirmed the Pope will preside over the angelus prayer this coming Sunday, but next Wednesday's general audience will not take place "to safeguard the Holy Father's post-surgery recovery".
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads the Sunday angelus prayer in Saint Peter Square at the Vatican February 10, 2013.
From Time ● Feb. 11, 2013
On we labored, the golden evening sun glinting down upon our picturesque row of haymakers, nor did we cease until the angelus sounded from the village spire.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 by Various
The unknown kept his promise: and on the day following he returned at the hour of the evening angelus.
From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Mayne Reid
Then, in the deepening dusk, two churches, one on each side of the river, began to sound the angelus.
From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Edward Harrison Barker
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