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Tetiana Stawnychy, president of Caritas Ukraine, speaks at a press conference in Rome, May 16, 2022. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.
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Irina, from Ukraine, and Albina, from Russia, hold the cross at Rome s Colosseum, April 15, 2022. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.Rome Newsroom, Apr 15, 2022 / 14:38 pm (CNA).The Vatican adapted Pope Francis Way of the Cross on Good Friday after an outcry in Ukraine over a Station involving Ukrainian and Russian families.The meditation for the 13th Station, "Jesus dies on the Cross," was written by members of a Ukrainian and a Russian family. In the event, the meditation was not read out during the Via Crucis at Rome s Colosseum on April 15. In its place, a reader said: "In the face of death, silence is more eloquent than words. Let us therefore pause in prayerful silence and each one in his heart pray for peace in the world."During the silence, the cross was held tightly by two friends, Irina, from Ukraine, and Albina, from Russia. The women, who work together at the Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital in Rome, looked at each other as they held th
Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa preaches at the Good Friday liturgy in St. Peter s Basilica, April 15, 2022. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.Vatican City, Apr 15, 2022 / 10:32 am (CNA).On Good Friday, Pope Francis celebrated the Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord in St. Peter s Basilica. Please find below the full text of the homily by Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., preacher of the papal household.PILATE SAID TO HIM, "WHAT IS TRUTH?"In his account of the Passion, the Evangelist John gives particular importance to the dialogue of Jesus with Pilate, and it is on this that we want to reflect for a few moments before proceeding further with our liturgy.It all begins with Pilate s question: "Are you the king of the Jews?" (Jn 18:33). Jesus wants to make Pilate understand that the question is far more serious than he thinks, and that it has meaning only if he does not simply repeat an accusation from others. Therefore, he asks in turn: "Do y