With reflections written by young people, the Pope leads Stations of the Cross in St. Peter's Square.
Pope Francis presided over a solemn yet tender Via Crucis this evening in St. Peter’s Square, as children read meditations that their peers had prepared, to reflect on the 14 stations of the Cross.
“You know that we children also have crosses to carry,” said the introduction to the Stations, which came about after one of Rome’s parish priests — Father d’Errico of the Parish of the Holy Martyrs of Uganda — organized a Lenten activity where the children of the parish prepared drawings and meditations for the Stations.
Some time later, the priest received a surprise call from the Vatican inviting him to draw inspiration from this experience to participate in the writing of the meditations.