The text is found here on this site. Last year, the Holy Father himself wrote the text of the stations, which mark the steps of Jesus toward his death on Calvary. Mother Anna Maria Canopi, abbess of the Benedictines of the Island of San Giulio in Novara, Italy, and Sister Minke de Vries, a nun of the Protestant community of Grandchamp in Switzerland. Paul VI began the tradition of holding the Stations in Rome's Colosseum. It has become one of the most moving events of Holy Week in Rome.
Pilgrims follow the nighttime procession carrying candles.
When the Way of the Cross ends, the Holy Father will give a talk about the Lord's passion. The event is transmitted live on television worldwide.