Like every year, Pope Francis prayed the Way of the Cross on Holy Friday at the Colosseum in Rome, a symbol of the first martyrs. <\/p>\n
The pope followed the Stations very attentively, though he looked a bit tired. <\/p>\n
Thousands of people participated in silence and listened to the meditations composed by a group of religion students from a Roman high school.<\/p>\n
They're the same students who carried the cross during each of the 14 Stations that recall the Passion of Christ. <\/p>\n
However, a family from Syria also carried the cross, in remembrance of persecuted Christians. <\/p>\n
Others who accompanied the cross were these nuns from Iraq. <\/p>\n
Also, this group of sick people, a symbol of all those who carry the silent cross of health problems. <\/p>\n
When the Stations had concluded, Pope Francis read a deep reflection on the Passion of Christ. The pope asked for the gifts of shame and hope. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The ceremony was long, it was cold in Rome and the act ended late. Thus, shortly after its conclusion, Pope Francis returned to the Vatican to rest. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A family from Syria carried the cross during one of the stations, in remembrance of persecuted Christians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RxMX83A9jdA","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\/49547"}],"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=49547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cShame because our generations are leaving young people a world fractured by divisions and wars; a world devoured by selfishness where the young, the small, the sick, the elderly are marginalized<\/em>.\u201d
\nFLASH
\n\u201cThe hope that your message continues to inspire, even today, so many people and peoples, so that only good can defeat evil and wickedness; only forgiveness can bring down resentment and revenge, only the fraternal embrace can disperse the hostility and fear of others<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n