Cardinal Vincent Nichols has said that faith has the power to overcome all darkness in the aftermath of the Brussels attacks. In his homily at the Easter Vigil in Westminster Cathedral, he said: “The darkness is real, this week shown most emphatically on the streets of Brussels. The light is strong, overcoming all darkness, as our ceremony has portrayed, in light which flooded the darkened Cathedral.” He continued: “It is the light of the risen Christ who, still bearing the wounds of his suffering, comes to us in glory. And this light, passed in faith from hand to hand, has the power to overcome all darkness, all sin.” The cardinal also celebrated the Solemn Liturgy of the Passion on Good Friday at the Cathedral, noting that this year it fell on the same day as the feast of the Annunciation. He said: “Today is March 25, usually the feast of the Annunciation, of the conception of Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit. There was an ancient tradition according to which Jesus dies on the Cross on the same day as his conception, his Incarnation. These mysteries, his Incarnation, the Cross, the Resurrection, are inseparably connected.” Before the Solemn Liturgy of the Passion, the cardinal took part in a Walk of Witness procession along Victoria Street, from Methodist Central Hall and Westminster Abbey to Westminster Cathedral.