On this most solemn Good Friday, Catholics the world over are united in prayer during Good Friday services that remember the crucifixion of Jesus.
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PHOTO ESSAY: GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES AROUND THE WORLD
3/25/2016
CATHOLICS CARRY A LARGE CROSS ON THE VIA DOLOROSA IN THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM MARCH 25. / PHOTO: (CNS PHOTO/ATEF SAFADI, EPA)
A WOMAN PRAYS IN FRONT OF THE STATUE OF CHRIST ON GOOD FRIDAY IN A CHURCH IN KOLKATA, INDIA, MARCH 25. / PHOTO: (CNS PHOTO/RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI, REUTERS)
A PENITENT KISSES A CRUCIFIX AS HE TAKES PART IN A GOOD FRIDAY CELEBRATIONS IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MARCH 25. / PHOTO: (CNS PHOTO/EZRA ACAYAN, REUTERS)
RUBEN ENAJE, WHO IS PORTRAYING CHRIST FOR THE 30TH TIME, IS PULLED DOWN BY RESIDENTS ACTING AS ROMAN SOLDIERS DURING A GOOD FRIDAY CRUCIFIXION RE-ENACTMENT IN SAN PEDRO CUTUD, PHILIPPINES, MARCH 25. / PHOTO: (CNS PHOTO/ROMEO RANOCO, REUTERS)
NUNS CARRY A CROSS DURING A SILENT MARCH DURING GOOD FRIDAY CELEBRATIONS IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, MARCH 25. / PHOTO: (CNS PHOTO/ROGAN WARD, REUTERS)
A WOMAN RELIGIOUS CARRIES A FLOWER ON GOOD FRIDAY WHILE WALKING ON VIA DOLOROSA IN JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY MARCH 25. / PHOTO: (CNS PHOTO/ATEF SAFADI, EPA)
DAVID HACKER CARRIES A CROSS AS STUDENTS AND OTHERS TAKE PART IN THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS ON THE CAMPUS OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IN TEMPE, ARIZ., MARCH 25. THE ANNUAL GOOD FRIDAY TRADITION IS LED BY MEMBERS OF ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC NEWMAN CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY. (CNS PHOTO/NANCY WIECHEC)
HISPANIC MINISTRY MEMBERS AT SAGRADO CORAZON IN NASHVILLE PORTRAY THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS MARCH 25. (CNS PHOTO/RICK MUSACCHIO, TENNESSEE REGISTER)
PILGRIMS CARRY A CROSS ACROSS A TIDAL CAUSEWAY DURING THE FINAL LEG OF THE NORTHERN CROSS PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY ISLAND IN BRITAIN MARCH 25. (CNS PHOTO/NIGEL RODDIS, EPA)
STUDENTS AND OTHERS TAKE PART IN THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS ON THE CAMPUS OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IN TEMPE, ARIZ., MARCH 25. THE ANNUAL GOOD FRIDAY TRADITION IS LED BY MEMBERS OF ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC NEWMAN CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY. (CNS PHOTO/NANCY WIECHEC)
PEOPLE GATHER OUTSIDE THE ANCIENT COLOSSEUM FOR THE WAY OF THE CROSS PRESIDED AT BY POPE FRANCIS IN ROME MARCH 25. (CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)
A CRUCIFIX IS PRESENTED TO POPE FRANCIS DURING THE GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE IN ST. PETER'S BASILICA AT THE VATICAN MARCH 25. (CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)