Jesus, played by Tony Diaz, falls with his cross as he is comforted by a child dressed as an angel during the Good Friday Via Crucis procession in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on March 29, 2024.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hundreds of people took a religious trek through the city's Pilsen neighborhood on Good Friday, in an annual procession to re-enact the Stations of the Cross and reflect on the ...

CHICGAO (CBS)-- Pilsen is hosting it's 45th annual Pilsen Via Crucis: Living Way of the Cross. This is a Christian, particularly Catholic, tradition on Good Friday. Organizers reenact the Stations of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — The annual re-enactment of the ...

In the basement of St. Pius Church in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, people set up a table with 13 chairs. The designated seaters shuffle in, carrying a goblet and a plate of bread. A few people stand ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hundreds of people gathered in Pilsen on this Good Friday to reflect on Jesus' final hours. The community's Via Crucis is a sacred tradition, but immigration fears are casting a ...

The Way of the Cross (Via Crucis) follows the course of Jesus' passion, death, and burial; it is observed by the devotion to the Stations of the Cross, a collection of 14 images which are to be found ...

In an apparent last-minute decision, Francis was not at annual service held at Rome’s Colosseum on Friday, in order to safeguard his health ahead of the upcoming liturgies on Saturday and Easter ...

The Via Crucis is represented by 14 stations each depicting a significant moment of Christ’s Passion on the path to Golgotha. Traditionally placed within churches or along pilgrimage routes, each ...

Worshippers and onlookers follow the annual Via Crucis procession down 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) Eduardo Bahena portrays Jesus in the ...

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