Pope in Good Fri. Way of Cross ceremony at Rome’s Colosseum
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The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate parts of columns from 2,000 years ago. Thousands of Romans once flocked to this arena to watch gladiators battle each other and wild animals.
Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff.
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The Pope personally carried the cross through every station of the Good Friday Way of the Cross at the Colosseum.
The project focused on a semicircular piazza outside the arena, where spectators crowded under two arcades comprised of marble columns.
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