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Catholic faithful participate in the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum, in Rome Vincenzo Livieri/Reuters Catholic faithful participated in Good Friday celebrations and reenactments of the Passion of Christ around the world this Friday (3). ➡️ In Christian religions, this is the day when believers remember the death of Jesus Christ and experience a moment of mourning and reflection. In the Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV celebrated the date for the first time since taking office in May 2025. He prayed lying on the floor of St. Peter’s Basilica for several minutes. See the record here. In his first Holy Week as pope, Leo XIV washes the feet of 12 priests. Afterwards, he led a ceremony with thousands of faithful in the famous Colosseum in Rome. He stopped at different points around the monument to listen to Bible readings and spiritual meditations, which focused on social justice issues. Pope Leo XIV carries the cross throughout the Via Crucis procession in Rome, an unprecedented gesture in decades ➡️ On Easter Sunday, Leo will give a special blessing and a speech from the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica. 📸 See, below, records of celebrations around the world. Pope Leo Rio de Janeiro Pilar Olivares/Reuters The Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, leads the Way of the Cross procession at the Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre Basilica, in Paris Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters Faithful participate in the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Nairobi, Kenya Thomas Mukoya/Reuters Faithful participate in the procession over the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York Angelina Katsanis/Reuters Actors perform in reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Bensheim, Germany Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Faithful participate in the Holy Week ceremony in Izalco, El Salvador Jose Cabezas/Reuters Reenactment of the crucifixion of Christ in Lagos, Nigeria Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters Reenactment of the Passion of Christ in Trafalgar Square, London Henry Nicholls/AFP Stations of the Cross in La Paz, Bolivia, this Friday (3) Claudia Morales/Reuters READ ALSO New Jerusalem’s Passion of the Christ recreates da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ live and surprises audience; VIDEO Why is Good Friday the only day without mass in the Catholic Church? Aparecida Sanctuary explains why

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