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Added on the 04/04/2015 02:16:03 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Pope Francis presides over the way of the Cross at Colosseum two years after pandemic in which the event was held in a procession with only a few people in St. Peter's square. During the Way of the Cross, the cross will be carried through the 14 stations by different families and in the thirteen station it is planned that a Russian and a Ukrainian will carry it as a sign of reconciliation. IMAGES
After weeks of small protests across the country, Italian farmers brought their demonstrations into Rome on Friday with a four-tractor convoy passing by the Colosseum. IMAGES
Recently recovered from a bout of ill-health, Pope Francis marks the feast of the Immaculate Conception with a ceremony on the Piazza di Spagna in central Rome, where he is greeted by a substantial crowd of well-wishers and worshippers. The 86-year-old Argentine pontiff offers a prayer to the Virgin Mary in front of the statue of the Mother of God near the Spanish Steps, an annual tradition on what is a bank holiday in largely Catholic Italy. IMAGES
Tourists at the Colisseum fend off high temperatures during a new heatwave in Rome, Italy. IMAGES
People are queuing and walking outside the Colosseum in Rome in the middle of another heatwave. This comes only days after a hailstorm had briefly brought down the high temepratures in the north of the country. IMAGES