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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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Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his Wednesday general audience on Dec. 10, 2025.

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Official appearance of the exhibition in Vienna from Vienna Künstlerhaus website.

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The skyline of Fort Worth, Texas.

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Pope Leo XIV speaks to people who work in Italy’s intelligence sector in the Vatican’s Hall of Blessings on Dec. 12, 2025.

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