Pope Francis to skip Good Friday procession due to chilly local weather | World News

Pope Francis, who’s recovering from bronchitis and last week spent three nights in hospital, shouldn't be going to attend the traditional “Method of the Cross” prayer service on Good Friday, the Vatican acknowledged.

It will be the first time that Francis, 86, has missed the annual service, which falls two days sooner than Easter — Christianity’s most crucial trip — inside the 10 years of his papacy.

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“Due to the extreme chilly of the earlier days, Pope Francis will adjust to this night time’s Method of the Cross from Casa Santa Marta, changing into a member of the prayer of these that can gather with the Diocese of Rome on the Colosseum,” the Vatican acknowledged in a short assertion.

Santa Marta is the Argentine pontiff’s residence contained in the Vatican.

An unusual chilly streak in Rome has seen night-time temperatures fall to 10 ranges Celsius (50 ranges Fahrenheit) this week.

Christians commemorate Good Friday as a result of the day Jesus Christ died on the cross.

The Method of the Cross service commemorates the 14 stations of Jesus’ struggling and lack of life, from his condemnation to his burial. The open-air procession, which begins at 1900 GMT, takes place outside the Coliseum.

Francis was discharged from a Rome hospital on April 1 after a three-night hold for a bronchial an an infection. The pontiff has suffered rising effectively being factors currently, and it was his second hold in hospital since 2021.

Francis nonetheless plans to preside, nonetheless, over mass on Friday at St Peter’s Basilica. He has participated in assorted events since his hospital launch, along with washing the ft of 12 youthful prisoners on Holy Thursday.

On Sunday, he’s anticipated to information Easter mass at St Peter’s Sq..