Pope Francis reflected on Simon of Cyrene, the man forced by Roman soldiers to carry the cross behind Jesus. Simon, the pope ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside ...

As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross. Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and ...

focused on the figure of Simon of Cyrene, the man who "while coming in from the countryside" was seized by the soldiers who then "laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus." The Pope ...

Soldiers led Jesus through the streets on His way to Golgotha Hill; He was spit upon, mocked and beaten with a whip, until the blood was oozing from His stripes. We think of the p ...

Volunteers took turns carrying a 7-foot-tall wooden cross on Oxmoor Road, getting a small sense of what Jesus endured on Good Friday. “It felt like a heavy burden,” said Aidan Pearson ...

Hundreds of Catholic faithful gathered April 18 at Dinajpur Cathedral in Bangladesh to take part in the annual Way of the ...