Catholics pay respects on All Souls’ Day


(BRIEF CAPTION) Family members standing in prayer at a grave of a loved one at the Western Road Cemestery during an early All Souls Day in Penang yesterday. November,2,2013. ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star.

GEORGE TOWN: Hundreds of Catholic families took advantage of the public holiday to visit the graves of their relatives and friends at the Western Road Christian Cemetery on Jalan Utama to mark All Souls’ Day.

After sprucing up the graves, they lit candles and placed flowers on them before reciting prayers.

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