Pope prepares meditations for Good Friday Via Crucis in the Colosseum

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Source: Vatican Media

The Holy See Press Office has reported that Pope Francis' health is continuing to improve. They've announced that he has written meditations for the Good Friday Via Crucis at Rome's Colosseum.

The Holy Father has been continuing his treatment, having mobility and respiratory related physiotherapy. The Pope is now able to go for long periods of time without oxygen administration, and generally only needs to use high-flow oxygen with nasal cannulas in the evening.

The Press Office said Pope Francis is continuing his work and has received visits from members of the Roman Curia, such as Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, who visited the Pope yesterday for the promulgations for the decrees of causes of saints.

They said it is still too early to say whether the Pope will participate in Holy Week liturgies or during the Easter Triduum.

But they have confirmed that Pope Francis has written the Meditations himself for the Via Crucis on Good Friday at Rome's Colosseum, and shared which Cardinals the Pope has delegated to preside over several Holy Week liturgies. The Pope's meditations will be published by the Press Office at noon on Friday.

On Holy Thursday, Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, President Emeritus of APSA, will preside over the Chrism Mass in the morning.

Mass in Coena Domini, on Holy Thursday evening, will take place in the Basilica at 6pm, but not in a papal chapel.

On Good Friday, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for Eastern Churches, will preside over the Passion Liturgy in St Peter's Basilica. Later that evening, Cardinal Baldo Reina, the Pope's Vicar General of Rome, will preside over the Via Crucis at the Colosseum.