VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is scheduled ... engagement for the day. On Friday, the Vatican said Francis' participation at the "Via Crucis" (Way of the Cross) procession had been cancelled ...
This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991 ... So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew ...
The Colosseum Good Friday Way of the Cross procession normally draws tens of thousands of pilgrims and Romans who clutch candles and prayer books, while the pope watches from a rise overlooking ...
The Way of the Cross, also known as the Stations of the ... and is especially useful during Lent and Good Friday. The devotion, highly recommended by the Church, was developed during the Crusades ...
Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message ... Traversing the Holy Door is one way that the faithful can obtain indulgences, or forgiveness for sins during a Jubilee, a once-every-quarter ...