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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

Latest news

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 28, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV sends 3 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 28, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV urges families to keep the flame of love alive

Monsignor Maurizio Gronchi. Credit: EWTN Noticias

Vatican expert: Co-Redemptrix title of Mary not absolutely prohibited

Empty wheelchairs used during the Nov. 4, 2025, anti-assisted suicide event in Rome.

2025 saw expanded access to physician-assisted suicide 

Bottega Ferrigno is located in the iconic “Christmas Alley,” part of the southern Italian city of Naples’ historic San Gregorio Armeno neighborhood.

Italian family preserves 300-year tradition of handmade Nativity scenes

José Antonio Kast | Credit: Photo courtesy of Goya Productions

Chile’s president-elect on the decision that changed his life forever

A child holds a phone with the Replika app open and an image of an AI companion. Apps that promise to help recreate digital versions of deceased family members using AI pose a “spiritual danger” to Catholics and others who may use the technology in place of healthy grief, experts say. | Credit: Generated by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system on Shutterstock

Should Catholics use AI to re-create deceased loved ones? Experts weigh in

Sister Carla Venditti of the Sacred Heart of Jesus helps women and girls who are victims of human trafficking. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Giulio Gargiullo

‘From despair to serenity’: The Italian nun saving women from human trafficking

Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757–1825), “St. John the Evangelist,” ca. 1804-1809. | Credit: Public domain

St. John the Evangelist — apostle, Son of Thunder, beloved disciple, caretaker of Mary

Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas closes the Holy Door at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Dec. 25, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

First Holy Door closed: ‘Special time for the Church is closed, but not God’s grace’

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