East Meets West on Good Friday’s Way of the Cross

Meet Me At The Cross

The Heart of the Gospel By Dean Kelly   “Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you — unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the th…

East Meets West on Good Friday’s Way of the Cross

Hundreds of pilgrims take part in the Way of the Cross procession over the Brooklyn Bridge on Good Friday in New York City April 18. (Photo: OSV News/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters) LOWER MANHATTAN — No “schism” was to be found on Good Friday, April 18, as Roman Catholics and Greek Orthodox Christians walked together in a solemn Way of the Cross procession over the Brooklyn Bridge. Participants included Bishop Robert Brennan, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of t…