Over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, along the National Mall in Washington and other locations around the United States

Contact: Maurizio Maniscalco, 917-498-1153, riro@clhac.com; www.clonline.us

NEW YORK, April 19, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- During this season of Lent, when Christians are reminded of the passion, death and resurrection of Christ, the Catholic movement Communion and Liberation is sponsoring the Way of the Cross on Good Friday, April 22, 2011 in cities around the United States.

In New York City, thousands of people will follow the Way of the Cross over the Brooklyn Bridge to Ground Zero.  The Rev. Richard Veras, Pastor of St. Rita's Church on Staten Island, NY and Chaplain to Communion and Liberation, will lead the Way of the Cross.  This is the 16th year that Communion and Liberation has held this procession over the Brooklyn Bridge.

In Washington, DC, Donald Cardinal Wuerl will join members of Communion and Liberation on the Way of the Cross along the National Mall.  In Boston, Sean Cardinal O’Malley will join members of Communion and Liberation at the final station at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.  In Houston, Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Fiorenza will participate in the procession at the Co-Cathedral.

Throughout the country members of Communion and Liberation will lead the Way of the Cross in cities including: Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento (CA), Chicago (IL), Montgomery (AL), St. Louis, St. Joseph (MO), Norman (OK), Dayton, Steubenville (OH), Indianapolis (IN), Duluth, Rochester (MN), New Bedford (MA), Broomfield (CO), Atchison (KS), and Salem (OR).

The Way of the Cross is a traditional Catholic procession that recalls the suffering and death of Jesus Christ.  Because of his resurrection, it is an event that mysteriously affects our lives today, not simply a commemoration of a fact that can be relegated to the past.

Communion and Liberation is an international movement in the Catholic Church founded by the late Monsignor Luigi Giussani in 1954.  It is actively present in 70 countries and many cities in the United States.  Communion and Liberation is a friendship, open to everyone, reminding everyone of the living presence of Christ in the Catholic Church.