Colosseum

Pope Francis skips Good Friday at Colosseum in chilly Rome

By Associated Press — April 8, 2023
ROME (AP) — It was the first time a pontiff was a no-show at the Colosseum Way of the Cross procession since 2005, when Pope John Paul II's health was in decline.

Elderly married couple writes Pope Benedict XVI’s Good Friday talk

By Tracy Gordon — April 2, 2012

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI has asked a couple who has been married for nearly 50 years to write the text of this year's traditional Via Crucis at the Colosseum on Good Friday. By Alessandro Speciale.

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