Good Friday

On the first Good Friday of his pontificate, Pope Benedict walked the Way of the Cross.

ROME (AP) -- Pope Benedict reflected on the suffering of Jesus and that of humanity throughout the ages as he led thousands of pilgrims and tourists in a torchlit, Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum in Rome to mark Good Friday.

Opening the late-night procession with a prayer, Benedict said Jesus' suffering "is the whole of human history, a history where the good are humiliated, the meek assaulted, the honest crushed and the pure of heart roundly mocked."

But anticipating the joy Christians share on Easter Sunday in their belief Jesus rose from the dead, Benedict told the faithful in Jesus, "the good have already won" and the "meek have already triumphed."

..."Lord Jesus, tonight we walk once more the way of your cross, knowing that it is also our way," Benedict said.

Catholics in Baghdad light candles to observe Good Friday.