
Pope Francis’ 2025 Stations of the Cross meditations (full text)
This year, Pope Francis again wrote the meditations for the Via Crucis to be held on Good Friday evening at the Colosseum.

Christians in places from Haiti to Myanmar have a lot of reasons to relate to the Passion of Christ. They've shared some of them with us.

Biblically Broiled Fish is a recipe from my mom's cookbook, "A Continual Feast." It brings up youthful memories of spending time with her in the kitchen.

The last pope to have written the meditations for the annual prayer in the Colosseum was John Paul II in 2003, two years before his death.

Every year, the Bishop of Rome holds one of the key events of the liturgical year — the Way of the Cross on Good Friday — at the Colosseum, Rome's most emblematic monument.

In noisy urban streets and dusty villages, in ancient ruins and majestic cathedrals, Catholics will follow Jesus this Friday as he carries his cross.

This neighborhood uses this solemn devotion as a means to bring locals together, while educating the non-faithful.

"We are running out of tears, out of words," laments Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal envoy dispatched by Pope Francis to aid the suffering people of Ukraine.

In recent years, these moving depictions of Christ on the Cross have only been shown to a limited group of museum-goers and visitors to auction houses and private collections.

With reflections written by young people, the Pope leads Stations of the Cross in St. Peter's Square.

Do not dwell on the details, but on the love behind them.

Immerse yourself in Jesus' Passion and death with these Good Friday devotions.

You know that we children also have crosses to carry. Crosses that are no lighter or heavier than those of adults, but are still real crosses ...

While contemplating Jesus on the cross, lift-up all those in the world who are suffering their own last agony.

The traditional hymn for the Veneration of the Cross on Good Friday.

As the Good Thief who was crucified next to Christ did, let us beg for God's mercy.

Father Cantalamessa gives the homily.

Here you have the prayers, readings, and everything else you need to celebrate with God’s Word.