Pope Francis has asked the prisoners, guards and the chaplain of a northern Italian prison to write this year's Way of the Cross meditations. In a letter published in the Italian newspaper Il Mattino di Padova March 10, the pope said he
Northern Arizona University students walking to class turned their heads the afternoon of April 19 to see a gathering of nearly 100 Catholic students and community members singing solemnly, with two students carrying a large wooden cross.
Recalling Jesus' death on the cross, Pope Francis led thousands on Good Friday in reflecting on the crosses of loneliness, fear and betrayal that crucify countless men, women and children in the world.