Participants at the Colosseum

Tonight, at 9:15pm in Rome, the Holy Father, Pope Francis will preside over the Via Crucis which will take place at the Colosseum.  The Stations of the Cross will be broadcast worldwide.

The texts for the meditations and the prayers for the stations of the Via Crucis were prepared this year by His Excellency, Renato Corti, Bishop emeritus of Novara (Italy).

Various persons have been invited to carry the cross this evening.  Here is a list of those who will participate.

List of participants who will carry the cross

for the Via Crucis at the Roman Colosseum

Good Friday 2015

First Station
His Eminence, Agosto Cardinal Vallini
Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome

Second Station
Alessandro Faustini and his wife Rita Angela Fiorentino, accompanied by their children: Diletta, Noemi, Letizia, Miriam, Michele and Gabriele

Third Station
Francesco and Palma Serra, accompanied by their children: Rafaela and Vitor, both of whom were adopted from Brazil

Fourth Station
Antonio Langella and Maria Grazia Casalino with their children: Alba and Francesco Langella and Antonio Pagano

Fifth Station
Sister Mariella Tranquilli; Mario Puglia, an ambulance driver; and Marziia De Michele, a sick person
Representatives of U.N.I.T.A.L.S.I.

Sixth Station
Iraq
Sister Sundus Qasmusa and Sister Susan Sulaiman
Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena

Seventh Station
Syria
Philip Astephan and Wael Salibe

Eighth Station
Nigeria
Leo Udensi and Charles Nwoke

Ninth Station
Egypt
Malak Gergis and Maikel Hanna

Tenth Station
China
Ivan Zhao and Qi Qiaosu

Eleventh Station
Secular Institute of the Assumption of Blessed Mary
Sister Silvana Parmegiani and Sister Mariangela Addis

Twelfth Station
Custodians of the Holy Land
FAther Evenzio Herrera and Father Gianfranco Pinto Ostuni

Thirteenth Station
Religious from Latin America: Children of our Lord of Piety
Sister Francisca Adelaida Rosales Ildefonzo and Sister Ludy Fiorella Corpus Saldaña

Fourteenth Station
His Eminence, Agosto Cardinal Vallini
Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome

Two youth will carry torches during the Via Crucis.  They are Irene Gaiardoni and Andrea Marcelletti.