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Pope Francis celebrates the Way of the Cross. The Coliseum surrounded by an immense crowd was the backdrop to the Way of the Cross Good Friday led by Pope Francis. The meditations spoke of the anxieties …More
Pope Francis celebrates the Way of the Cross.

The Coliseum surrounded by an immense crowd was the backdrop to the Way of the Cross Good Friday led by Pope Francis. The meditations spoke of the anxieties and expectations of the peoples of the Middle East. Before resigning from the Petrine ministry, Benedict XVI had asked the young people of Lebanon -- whom he met in his last international trip - to write the reflections for the Good Friday Via Crucis. Written under the guidance of the Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Raï, they invited prayers for the Church, for the world, for peace, for the victims of war and violence that devastate many nations in the Middle East, as well as other parts of the world. They invited p ...