On Good Friday, Pope Francis led the traditional Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) at the Colosseum in Rome. The meditations for the 14 Stations of the Cross were written this year by Mons. Renato Corti, ...

For the first time in his 11-year pontificate, Pope Francis will personally write the spiritual reflections for Friday's Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) ceremony at Rome's historic Colosseum. The theme ...

In an apparent last-minute decision, Pope Francis skipped the Way of the Cross ceremony held at Rome’s Colosseum on Friday to safeguard his health ahead of the upcoming liturgies on Saturday and ...

The Roman tradition of holding the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on Good Friday goes back to the pontificate of Benedict XIV, who died in 1758. The Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome, ...

Tonight, Friday, March 29, 2024 from 9 PM to 11:30 PM, there will be the Solemn Via Crucis at the Colosseum (in Rome) celebrated by Pope Francis for Good Friday. Roads closed and restrictions on ...

For the first time in his 11-year papacy, Pope Francis has chosen to write his own meditations for the Good Friday Way of the Cross service at Rome's Colosseum, the head of the Vatican press office ...

Rome, March 25 - Friday evening's Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession led by Pope Francis at the Colosseum will take place in a high-security lockdown against terrorist threats. Various security ...

The Congregation for Divine Worship issued a decree with "general indications" for Holy Week celebrations. Services will be held without people. “Means of live (not recorded) telematic broadcasts can ...

The texts of the meditations personally written by the pontiff for this year's Good Friday evening celebration. In the Year of Prayer he has proclaimed in view of the Jubilee, a path full of ...