French Biblical Scholar to Compose Vatican Way of the Cross Meditations

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Matteo Ciofi

French Biblical Scholar Anne-Marie Pelletier was asked by Pope Francis to compose the meditations for the Vatican’s Way of the Cross.

Programme of Pope Francis’ visit to Poland for the 31st World Youth Day

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Salt + Light Media

Vatican City, 9 June 2016 – The programme for the Holy Father’s apostolic trip to Poland, on the occasion of the celebration of the 31st World Youth Day from 27 to 31 July this year, was published today. The Pope will depart from Rome’s Fiumicino airport at 2 p.m. and will arrive at the […]

O Cross of Christ!

Friday, March 25, 2016

Salt + Light Media

This evening at 9:15 pm, Pope Francis presides at the pious devotion of the Via Crucis at the Coliseum. The ceremony will be broadcast worldwide. The texts of the meditations and prayers of the Stations of the Cross this year were prepared by Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, Archbishop of Perugia – Città della Pieve (Italy) on […]

WYD – Scenes of the Via Crucis in Madrid

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Salt + Light Media

A presentation was made of the scenes that will cover the Via Crucis (or Stations of the Cross) that will be held Friday on the Paseo de Recoletos. The WYD Via Crucis will feature pasos (statues used in Spanish Holy Week processions) from 12 Spanish cities. Each of these images illustrates a Station of the […]

Cross is not the banner of the victory of death, but a sign of God’s love, says Pope at Way of the Cross

Friday, April 22, 2011

Matthew Harrison

Pope Benedict presided over the Way of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum today. The meditations this year were written by an Augustian nun, Sister Maria Rita Piccione, OSA. She’s the President of the Our Lady of Good Counsel Federation of Augustinian Monasteries in Italy. In the meditation on the fourth station, Jesus meets his Mother, […]