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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Nomination finally in hand, the Donald Trump campaign charged ahead Wednesday with a convention-week mission to redefine its brash celebrity leader as a serious-minded family man. It's a project proving harder than uniting skeptical Republicans behind their distaste for another brand they know well: The Clintons....
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Tens of thousands gather outside of the Colosseum in Rome for the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross, on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 29, 2024 / 19:00 pm (CNA).In an apparent last-minute decision, Pope Francis skipped the Way of the Cross ceremony held at Rome's Colosseum on Friday to safeguard his health ahead of the upcoming liturgies on Saturday and Easter Sunday. "To conserve his health in view of tomorrow's Vigil and the Holy Mass on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis will follow the Via Crucis at the Colosseum this evening from Casa Santa Marta," a statement from the Holy See Press stated. The news arrived just as the event was scheduled to begin, where two men were seen carrying away the papal chair, where Rome's mayor Roberto Gualtierei was seen standing in the background. Earlier in the day, Pope Francis presided over the Good Friday Liturgy in Saint Peter's Basilica. Two men were seen carrying away the papa...
Pope Francis celebrates the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. March 29, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 29, 2024 / 15:20 pm (CNA).During the Good Friday liturgy at the Vatican, presided over by Pope Francis, the papal preacher reflected on the triumph of the cross, noting that it is an event that changed the universal perception of God's omnipotence, revealing his humility. "The true omnipotence of God is the total powerlessness of Calvary," Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., said during his homily.Celebration of the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome. March 29, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAAt approximately 5 p.m. Rome time, Pope Francis made his way into Saint Peter's Basilica, in a wheelchair, vested in a red chasuble. Cast against the backdrop of complete and palpable silence, the Holy Father paused in meditation before the Papal Altar underneath Bernini's Baldacchino (cov...
Pope Francis presides over Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome on Feb. 14, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Mar 29, 2024 / 10:10 am (CNA).For the first time in his 11-year pontificate, Pope Francis has written his own spiritual meditations for Friday's Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) in Rome.The reflections are based on the theme "In Prayer with Jesus on the Way of the Cross" and center on "what Jesus experienced in that moment" at each station, the Holy See Press Office said earlier this week when announcing that the pope would offer his own meditations. Here is the full text of the Via Crucis meditations for Good Friday, March 29, 2024:STATIONS OF THE CROSS 2024 In Prayer with Jesus on the Way of the Cross Introduction: Lord Jesus, as we contemplate your cross, we realize that you sacrificed yourself completely for our sake. We now take this time to be with you. We want to spend it in closeness to you. On the way ...