This is what the Way of the Cross on Good Friday looked like before the Covid19 Pandemic. <\/p>\n
And this is what it looks like now. <\/p>\n
For the second year running, one of the most moving ceremonies of Holy Week had to be held in an empty St. Peter's Square. <\/p>\n
Empty, except for those who wrote this year's Way of the Cross reflections: children and adolescents between the ages of 8 and 19.<\/p>\n
The children and young people reflect on their difficulties, following the narrative of Jesus' Passion. They ask forgiveness for whatever big or small sins they've committed. <\/p>\n
The reflections also describe situations that cause them pain: like being bullied, or losing a grandparent during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
My best friend, who didn't really like soccer, came to one of my games to support me. It was the first time he saw me play, and unfortunately we lost.<\/em><\/p>\n Pope Francis followed the Way of the Cross alone and in silent prayer. <\/p>\n In an attempt to curb the pandemic, the most moving ceremonies, presided over by the Pope during Holy Week, had to be replaced by more sober events, like this one. <\/p>\n But perhaps it's this same sobriety that best communicates the messages of sorrow, and of hope, that are at the very heart of Easter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 2, 2021. This year's texts were prepared by children and adolescents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xstebGIf0wM","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bviacruciseng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bviacrucisint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}