Editor’s note: For the first time in his 11-year papacy, Pope Francis has chosen to write his own meditations for the Good Friday Stations of the Cross service at Rome’s Colosseum. The complete text of the meditations, originally published on the Vatican website, is included below.
Nearly every Catholic church depicts the 14 Stations of the Cross — moments of Jesus’ passion and death on the cross — so that the faithful can pray and reflect on them. Now, Catholics worldwide can also pray the stations while seeing,
Minnesota parish dedicates Living Stations to two past cast members, including a young parishioner remembered for his portrayal of Jesus and his own death at 33, the same age Jesus was when he died on the cross.
Following the Last Supper, Jesus hands over his body to be a sacrifice for all. At each celebration of the Eucharist, we are brought back to Calvary. As the Church in the United States continues the ongoing National Eucharist Revival, take time
A Stations of the Cross display on privately owned wooded land seems an unlikely subject for a federal case.
Yet, just such a case has come out of Genoa Township in Livingston County in southeastern Michigan, escalating from a local government dispute over
People following the Stations of the Cross at Rome's Colosseum this year will find along the Via Dolorosa a message of hope, including with a Russian and Ukrainian family both carrying a cross together at the nighttime ceremony.
"It is not a Way
The Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul will host and make available on livestream a musical meditation on Stations of the Cross, "Le Chemin de la Croix," April 8 at 7 p.m. (CDT).
The meditation, sponsored by the Cathedral Heritage Foundation, combines
When was the last time you went to the Stations of the Cross at your parish? Sadly, attendance is often weak at these Lenten devotions. This is understandable. We live in a busy world and may not be able to get to
The season of Lent is special for Catholics. It is a time of preparation for the great feast of Easter, the annual celebration of Christ’s resurrection. Historically, the season can trace its roots and penitential nature to the period of preparation of