The Good Friday service in St. Peter's Basilica started with Pope Francis sitting in his wheelchair, spending a few moments in silent reflection before a bare, empty altar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pope presided over the Passion of the Lord liturgy but did not give a reflection. Following a Vatican tradition, the Preacher of the Papal Household, Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, spoke instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He reflected on how Jesus' resurrection was a different victory than what people had imagined\u2014different from the victories of Roman emperors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CARD. RANIERO CANTALAMESSA During this liturgy, there is a moment dedicated to venerating the cross. The Pope stood up from his chair to kiss the large crucifix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the only day each year that there are no Masses in any Catholic church around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n KG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About 4,500 pilgrims filled St. Peter's Basilica to celebrate the Passion of the Lord liturgy with Pope Francis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":66599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,156,27,25],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1svUxPMikaY","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpassionedelsignoreeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpassionedelsignoreint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66602"}],"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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66602"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66604,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66602\/revisions\/66604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Preacher of the Papal Household<\/strong>
There was, certainly, a triumph in the case of Christ, and a triumph both definitive and irreversible for that matter. But how does this triumph manifest itself? The resurrection occurs in mystery, without witnesses. His death \u2014 we heard in the story of the Passion \u2014 had been seen by a large crowd and had involved the highest religious and political authorities. Once resurrected, Jesus appears only to a few
<\/em>disciples, out of the spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n