Pope Francis’ Via Crucis Meditations Entrusted to Umbrian Scouts & Roman Parish

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Deborah Castellano Lubov

23 March, 2021

1 min

Pope Francis’ Via Crucis Meditations Entrusted to Umbrian Scouts & Roman Parish

Announces Director of Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni

Via Crucis Of Pope Francis 2020 © Deborah Castellano Lubov

This year Pope Francis has entrusted the preparation of the meditations for the Good Friday Via Crucis to the Foligno Agesci Scout Group in Umbria, Italy, and the Roman parish of Santi Martiri di Uganda, announced Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, in a statement today, March 23, 2021.

The images that will accompany the various Stations, the Vatican spokesman added, will be drawings made by children and young people from the “Mater Divini Amoris” Family House and the “Tetto Casal Fattoria” Family House.

The Pope traditionally had done the Good Friday Via Crucis at Rome’s iconic Colosseum, but due to the ongoing COVID19 health emergency, this year, like last year, the Pope’s Via Crucis will take place from the churchyard of St. Peter’s Basilica, with a very limited participation of faithful as Rome currently is under lockdown.

Deborah Castellano Lubov

Deborah Castellano Lubov is Editorial Director & Senior Vatican & Rome Correspondent for EXAUDI (& Prior, for ZENIT); Author of 'The Other Francis' ('L'Altro Francesco') featuring interviews with those closest to the Pope and preface by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin (currently published in 5 languages); Deborah is also NBC & MSNBC Vatican Analyst. She often covers the Pope's travels abroad, often from the Papal Flight (including for historic trips such as to Abu Dhabi and Japan & Thailand), and has also asked him questions on the return-flight press conference on behalf of the English-speaking press present. Lubov has done much TV & radio commentary, including for NBC, Sky, EWTN, BBC, Vatican Radio, AP, Reuters and more. She also has contributed to various books on the Pope and has written for various Catholic publications. For 'The Other Francis': http://www.gracewing.co.uk/page219.html or https://www.amazon.com/Other-Francis-Everything-They-about/dp/0852449348/