The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV will carry a cross for the entirety of the Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, procession celebrated on Good Friday.
This Holy Week is Pope Leo’s first as the Archbishop of Rome, as he was elected pope shortly after last year’s Lenten and Easter season in May. Easter marks the holiest holiday for most of the world’s Christians, including Catholics, and Good Friday is typically observed as a solemn day of reflection and prayer marking the day that Jesus was crucified. Throughout the world, Catholics participate in the Via Crucis procession in which believers pray and reflect on 14 points marking the path that Jesus took while carrying his cross through Jerusalem to Golgotha where he was executed.
In Rome, the Good Friday Via Crucis has traditionally been led by the pope and takes place at the Colosseum. Due to his
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