![Pope Francis presides over the Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion at St. Peter's Basilica, April 7, 2023. The Holy Father himself wrote the meditations for the 2024 Way of the Cross at the Vatican. Pope Francis presides over the Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion at St. Peter's Basilica, April 7, 2023. The Holy Father himself wrote the meditations for the 2024 Way of the Cross at the Vatican.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240329090312_b06babc975960140f0881cce1dd9e88e1065a6a86fa7516e039f5b35d9929b1e.jpg)
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![Pope Francis presides over the Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion at St. Peter's Basilica, April 7, 2023. The Holy Father himself wrote the meditations for the 2024 Way of the Cross at the Vatican. Pope Francis presides over the Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion at St. Peter's Basilica, April 7, 2023. The Holy Father himself wrote the meditations for the 2024 Way of the Cross at the Vatican.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240329090312_b06babc975960140f0881cce1dd9e88e1065a6a86fa7516e039f5b35d9929b1e.jpg)
![Thousands take part in the reenactment of the Passion in Paterson, New Jersey, on Good Friday 2023. Thousands take part in the reenactment of the Passion in Paterson, New Jersey, on Good Friday 2023.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240321220320_e172a3a4d368390a67810b95ffee7ce6c6323b37084ca9c88139c3907968828a.jpg)
Following Jesus’ Footsteps: ‘Via Crucis’ Comes Alive on New Jersey Streets
Paterson Diocese offers unique way to pray the Stations of the Cross as a family on Good Friday.
![Friars walking along the Via Dolorosa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. After two weeks, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land returned to pray the Way of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. Friars walking along the Via Dolorosa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. After two weeks, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land returned to pray the Way of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20231030121016_0295370be3126d491b3182d2638336f7e0e97524772f788ccc452068bb4fce85.jpg)
Franciscan Friar’s ‘Way of the Cross’ Resumes on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem
The procession was the only sign of life in a Jerusalem emptied of tourists and pilgrims and patrolled by security forces.
![Young people participate in Stations of the Cross at World Youth Day in Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 4, 2023. Young people participate in Stations of the Cross at World Youth Day in Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 4, 2023.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20230804140836_37a9ea28965f2e27ce468be0e82870e42880fd68d84e2164cf2a47c490e49ed3.jpg)
Pope Francis at WYD Stations of the Cross: ‘Jesus Wipes Away Our Hidden Tears’
The Via Crucis meditations connected Christ’s sufferings to wounds that young people experience today from mental health struggles, addition, and anxiety about their future.
![Family and members of the Church form a procession leading the hearse carrying the earthly remains of Cardinal George Pell outside St. Mary’s Cathedral Feb. 2 in Sydney, Australia. Cardinal George Pell died Jan. 10 at the age of 81. Family and members of the Church form a procession leading the hearse carrying the earthly remains of Cardinal George Pell outside St. Mary’s Cathedral Feb. 2 in Sydney, Australia. Cardinal George Pell died Jan. 10 at the age of 81.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2023020716020_ffa80130d56b04698af1cc3e4161a13e185313fe20640b7a1b7c76ca01870326.jpg)
Cardinal George Pell’s Via Crucis in Sydney
COMMENTARY: What was present last week on College Street in Australia was a dramatic public witness of the cross of Christ not in life, but in death.
![Women from Ukraine and Russia hold the cross at Rome’s Colosseum April 15 during the Vatican's Way of the Cross service. Women from Ukraine and Russia hold the cross at Rome’s Colosseum April 15 during the Vatican's Way of the Cross service.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20220416160424_388aacfffd96d2f2bb51d1446d52bd8ed0ef0e95a68e8f680ebd76737de11764.jpg)
Vatican Adapts Way of the Cross Service to Acknowledge Ukraine-Russia Conflict
The meditation for “Jesus Dies on the Cross” was written by members of a Ukrainian and a Russian family. It was not read out during the Via Crucis at Rome’s Colosseum on April 15.
![Pilgrims participate in the Good Friday Via Crucis with Pope Francis March 30, 2018. Pilgrims participate in the Good Friday Via Crucis with Pope Francis March 30, 2018.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2022041423048_62588da986c25620efd2ca5ajpeg.jpg)
![Pope Francis prays the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on Good Friday, April 14, 2017. Pope Francis prays the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on Good Friday, April 14, 2017.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20220411160432_62543bfb86c25620efd2c131jpeg.jpg)
Ukrainian and Russian Families to Carry Cross at Pope’s Good Friday Via Crucis
For the 13th station, ‘Jesus dies on the Cross,’ a Ukrainian family and a Russian family will read a reflection that they wrote together about how their lives were upended by the pain of war.
![Pope Francis during Via Crucis on Good Friday, April 10, 2020. Pope Francis during Via Crucis on Good Friday, April 10, 2020.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20200827090852_7a3cfc93d7fb2fb2ad932542ac30e4df473a58b5d04b9a5b4b21eb9c861bb0dc.jpeg)
At Via Crucis, Pope Francis Prays for Those Serving the Suffering
With Italy under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, this was the first time in decades that the Via Crucis was not held at the Colosseum, a Roman amphitheater associated with the Christian martyrs.
Prayer of Pope Francis on Good Friday
The Pope said the prayer at the conclusion of the Via Crucis at the Colosseum.