Pope to cut down Easter schedule

The Vatican has modified the traditional Good Friday procession at the Colosseum because of Pope John Paul II's frail condition.

The Vatican has modified the traditional Good Friday procession at the Colosseum because of Pope John Paul II's frail condition.

The Pope used to carry a wooden cross for the entire one-kilometre procession that commemorate's Christ's suffering on the way to crucifixion.

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