bridegroom

“An hour before the ceremony, the bridegroom swaggers in in his white undershirt,” Weiss writes.

Similar to the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, brides and bridegrooms left handprints and their names and wedding dates pressed into cement.

The couple’s whirlwind courtship and subsequent wedding among a hastily assembled international group of Marcus’ friends is prelude to the bridegroom’s announcement that he’s dying and needs her help with a “new project.”

Francis didn’t mention Benedict by name until the last line, in which he referred to Jesus as the bridegroom of the church.

Assi said at least 65 people, including the bridegroom, were rescued on Monday, but 29 people, including children, were still missing.