Pieta (Comper) "On this day [Holy Saturday] the churches are stripped and no particular liturgical rites are provided. The Church watches in prayer like Mary, and together with Mary, sharing the same feelings of sorrow and trust in God." - Pope Benedict XVI. Comper's tender and beautiful depiction of the Pieta; a detail from the Lady chapel of St Cyprian.

Pieta (Comper) "On this day [Holy Saturday] the churches are stripped and no particular liturgical rites are provided. The Church watches in prayer like Mary, and together with Mary, sharing the same feelings of sorrow and trust in God." - Pope Benedict XVI. Comper's tender and beautiful depiction of the Pieta; a detail from the Lady chapel of St Cyprian.