Do Christians in all parts of the world mark Good Friday?
Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace. Thousands of pilgrims, some carrying large wooden crosses and others holding candles, wound their way through the narrow lanes of Jerusalem’s Old City, retracing the route the Bible says Jesus took on the way to his crucifixion. And in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI carried the cross at the beginning of the traditional Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum. He described the procession as, “a journey into pain, solitude and cruelty, into evil and death.” “But it will also be a path trod in faith, hope and love, because the tomb which is the final stop on our way will not remain sealed for ever,” the pope said of Easter Sunday, when Jesus is believed to have risen from the dead. Benedict handed over the cross to Rome Cardinal Camillo Ruini, his vicar for Rome. Other faithful, including a young Congolese woman and a family from Rome, took turns carrying the cross
2007-04-06 Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace. Thousands of pilgrims, some carrying large wooden crosses and others holding candles, wound their way through the narrow lanes of Jerusalem’s Old City, retracing the route the Bible says Jesus took on the way to his crucifixion. And in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI carried the cross at the beginning of the traditional Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum. He described the procession as, “a journey into pain, solitude and cruelty, into evil and death.” “But it will also be a path trod in faith, hope and love, because the tomb which is the final stop on our way will not remain sealed for ever,” the pope said of Easter Sunday, when Jesus is believed to have risen from the dead. Benedict handed over the cross to Rome Cardinal Camillo Ruini, his vicar for Rome. Other faithful, including a young Congolese woman and a family from Rome, took turns carrying
