For Javier Jimenez, Good Friday is more than just an annual Christian tradition commemorating Jesus Christ’s death and crucifixion. It’s a reminder, he said, of the day he was inspired to start living ...

Worshippers and onlookers follow the annual Via Crucis procession down 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) Eduardo Bahena portrays Jesus in the ...

VALPARAISO – Members of the Roman army took to the parking lot and prayer trail Friday at St. Paul Catholic Church. In a procession repeated in Hispanic communities across this country and south of ...

In the basement of St. Pius Church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, people set up a table with 13 chairs. The designated seaters shuffle in, carrying a goblet and a plate of bread. A few people stand ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Christians in Chicago and around the world observed Good Friday. The "Way of the Cross" is a scene symbolic of Jesus Christ's final hours. Many took part Friday in the Via Crucis ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hundreds of people gathered in Pilsen on this Good Friday to reflect on Jesus' final hours. The community's Via Crucis is a sacred tradition, but immigration fears are casting a ...

Paterson Diocese offers unique way to pray the Stations of the Cross as a family on Good Friday. Thousands take part in the reenactment of the Passion in Paterson, New Jersey, on Good Friday 2023.

In an apparent last-minute decision, Pope Francis skipped the Way of the Cross ceremony held at Rome’s Colosseum on Friday to safeguard his health ahead of the upcoming liturgies on Saturday and ...

Jesus, played by Tony Diaz, falls with his cross as he is comforted by a child dressed as an angel during the Good Friday Via Crucis procession in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on March 29, 2024.