In an apparent last-minute decision, Francis was not at annual service held at Rome’s Colosseum on Friday, in order to safeguard his health ahead of the upcoming liturgies on Saturday and Easter ...

Pope Francis leads the praying of the Via Crucis at Rome’s Colosseum on April 15, 2022. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Pope Francis on Friday night opted out at the last minute of leading the ...

At the Colosseum, in the flicker of torches, the night found its voice. It was a Via Crucis marked by war, a procession of pain that crosses time and rests on today’s bodies: millions of 'poor Christs ...

ope Leo XIV led candle-lit Easter celebrations in Rome, becoming the first pope in decades to carry a cross throughout the entire Good Friday procession. The 70-year-old carried a wooden cross through ...

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 ...