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Stations of the Cross

Featured Stations by Artist Lynn Kircher 
These stations are also located outside of the JP II Center for Evangelization.
Click here for the artist's description of each station.

The meditations and prayers with each station are by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
for the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum, Good Friday 2005
courtesy of: Libreria Editrice Vaticana

Resources

  • First Station - Jesus is Condemned to Death 
  • Second Station - Jesus takes up his cross
  • Third Station - Jesus falls for the first time 
  • Fourth Station - Jesus meets his Mother
  • Fifth Station - The Cyrenian helps Jesus carry the cross
  • Sixth Station - Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
  • Seventh Station - Jesus falls for the second time
  • Eighth Station - Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem who weep for him
  • Ninth Station - Jesus falls for the third time
  • Tenth Station - Jesus is Stripped of his garments 
  • Eleventh Station - Jesus is nailed to the cross 
  • Twelfth Station - Jesus dies on the Cross
  • Thirteenth Station - Jesus is taken down from the Cross and given to his Mother
  • Fourteenth Station - Jesus is laid in the tomb

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A variety of fish dishes served on Christmas Eve.

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After delaying restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass for three months, Bishop Michael Martin said in a Sept. 26, 2025, letter that the Chapel of the Little Flower in the St. Therese Parish in Mooresville, North Carolina, which was recently renovated by the diocese and can seat just over 350 people, will have two Masses each Sunday and on holy days of obligation,

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The Berlaymont building in Brussels, seat of the European Commission.

Catholic federation denounces withdrawal of EU funds due to ideological bias

Rome’s International Conference on Human Trafficking was held at the Pontifical Gregorian University on Dec. 10, 2025.

Trafficking victims rise worldwide as experts, survivors call for stronger action

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130 students and teachers kidnapped from Catholic school in Nigeria released

Pope Leo meets with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker in November 2025.

UPDATED: Pope asked Illinois governor to veto assisted suicide bill

U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

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