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Sts. Peter and Paul, the patron saints of Rome, guard the entrance to Ponte Sant’Angelo, welcoming pilgrims as they begin their journey toward St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Apr 18, 2025 / 15:10 pm (CNA). Each year, thousands of faithful pilgrims purposefully pass over the Tiber River via Rome’s Ponte Sant’Angelo,…

Thousands of faithful gather outside Rome’s illuminated Colosseum for the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross ceremony on April 18, 2025, where Cardinal Baldassare Reina led the procession featuring Pope Francis’s meditations on divine mercy and human fragility. / Credit: Vatican Media/Screenshot CNA Newsroom, Apr 18, 2025 / 18:05 pm (CNA). Against the ancient…

Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, gives the homily during a two-hour Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 18, 2025 / 13:29 pm (CNA). Rather than an “artificial” intelligence, Christ’s death teaches us the authentic “intelligence of the cross,” which…

U.S. Vice President JD Vance (right) and his family attend the Vatican’s Liturgy for the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 18, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his family attended the Vatican’s Liturgy for the Lord’s…