VATICAN CITY—Pilgrims and tourists flocked to the Colosseum for the Way of the Cross procession to join Pope Francis for a Good Friday night ritual in Rome. A cross lit with candles in the Colosseum awaits the Pope’s arrival for the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession on Good Friday in Rome. Readings focused on the torture and suffering Jesus endured before being executed upon a wooden cross. Wearing bright-red robes, to symbolize the blood shed by Jesus, Francis was helped by aides to kneel in quiet reflection, with his head bowed and hands folded. In Jerusalem, thousands of Christian pilgrims and clergy members marched through the Old City’s ancient stone alleys Friday, retracing Jesus’ path to crucifixion.

Source: thestar April 20, 2019 00:22 UTC