Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades

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Original Load Date April 3, 2026, 9 p.m.
Last Updated April 3, 2026, 9 p.m.
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ROME -- Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the cross to every station. "I think it will be an important sign because of what the pope repr...