Pope writes meditations for Good Friday Way of the Cross

Pope Francis in prayer during Via Crucis at the Colosseum image: Vatican Media

Source: Vatican Media

This year, Pope Francis is writing his own Via Crucis' meditations for the Way of the Cross this Good Friday at Rome's iconic Colosseum, the Holy See press office announced yesterday.

Each year for the annual tradition of the Via Crucis, presided over by Pope Francis in Rome's Colosseum on the evening of Good Friday, different people are entrusted with writing the meditations. This year however, the Holy Father has decided to write them himself.

'In prayer with Jesus on the Way of the Cross' is the theme of the reflections that will accompany the fourteen stations.

According to a Vatican press officer, the Way of the Cross with Pope Francis will be "an act of meditation and spirituality," with Jesus at the centre, in the context of the Year of Prayer proclaimed by the Pope. It will be focused on Christ who makes the Way of the Cross and allows one to walk alongside Him.

"It is all centred on what Jesus experiences in that moment, and it is clear that it also enlarges on the theme of suffering," with a broad, but indirect reference to current events.

The Station of the Cross at the Colosseum will begin at 9.15pm local time on Friday evening.