在禮儀開始時,主祭俯伏在地、信眾跪下祈禱;接著,舉揚十字苦架,講道後信友們上前朝拜十字架。這是主受難日禮儀獨特的環節。4月18日聖週五下午,聖座東方教會部部長古傑羅蒂(Claudio Gugerotti)樞機在教宗方濟各的委託下於聖伯多祿大殿主持主受難日禮儀,共祭的樞機和主教們超過70人,司鐸有150人。齊聚在大殿內的4500名信友當中,坐在第一排的是美國副總統萬斯(James David Vance)和他的妻小。
Who killed Jesus? From the Gospels, we know that he was crucified directly by Roman soldiers. But those who want to attribute blame for his death have drawn in a wider pool of suspects: Judas Iscariot, Pontius Pilate, the Jewish people, and all of humanity. The question of Jewish culpability in “deicide” is particularly charged, […]