Archbishop Anil J Couto of Delhi on April 9 led more than 1,200 people in a traditional Way of the Cross that links the old and new sections of the national capital. The ritual commemorates Jesus carrying the cross from the Palace of Pilot to Calvary where He was crucified on Good Friday.
The archdiocese started the Way of the Cross on Palm Sunday in the Year of Faith that the Universal Church observed from October 11, 2012 to November 23, 2013.
“Since then, we have continued it with tremendous impact on the bystanders,” Father Stanley Kozhichira, editor of The Voice of Delhi, the archdiocesan monthly magazine, told Matters India.
This year the Way of the Cross on Palm Sunday began at 3 pm from St Mary’s Church in Old Delhi and ended at Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi, a distance of 9 kilometers. It passed through crowded streets of Chandni Chauwk and Khari Baoli in Old Delhi and Civic Centre, Connaught Place and Gole Dakhkhana, the iconic circular post office, in New Delhi.
