HE Pope Francisco Not going to the Colosseum in Rome this Friday to witness the traditional Via Crucis on Good Friday and will instead follow him from his home in the Vatican due to the “intense cold”reported to the Vatican.
“Due to the intense cold today, Pope Francis will continue this afternoon from Casa Santa Marta to Via CrucisJoin the prayers of those who will meet with the Diocese of Rome at the Colosseum,” the Vatican press office reported hours before the mass began.
this thursday, The Pope went to a juvenile prison on the outskirts of Rome, where he attended a mass. and, in a gesture he made days after he was discharged from the hospital last Saturday, he got up from his wheelchair to wash the feet of the twelve inmates as a tribute to the Last Supper.
Francisco left the Gemelli hospital after three days in the hospital for bronchitis. he seemed in good shape and presided over the service on one side of the altar. as it was installed due to problems with the knee that prevented it from standing for long periods of time.
He did the same on the morning of the same day during the Christian Mass, which commemorates the sanctification of priesthood orders by Jesus Christ during the Last Supper, and is dedicated to the renewal of vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience by the priests. .
There, he gave a sermon inside. asked priests to avoid divisionslater “promoting parties and cordadas” in the Church.
Via Crucis, for its part, is an annual journey that hundreds of faithful take each Good Friday at the Colosseum in Rome through fourteen meditations describing Jesus’ ascension to Calvary, his crucifixion, and his placing in the tomb.
Last year, part of the route was devoted to seeking peace after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, but the presence of a Ukrainian and Russian woman carrying a cross at one of the stations on Via Crucis last year sparked complaints. Vatican Embassy of Ukraine.
On Holy Saturday, the Pope will preside over the Easter Vigil, and on Sunday he will conduct the Resurrection Mass in St. Peter’s Square. According to the schedule, he will bow down to the central balcony of the front facade of the Vatican basilica and give the traditional blessing of Urbi et Orbi.