History of the Stations of the Cross

The Stations of the Cross is a Catholic Devotion which remembers Jesus's birth.

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Pilgrims were not allowed to go to Jerusalem to visit the Holy Sites of Jesus's last days.

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A Pilgrim is a person who journeys to a scared place for religious reasons.

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Persecution is the hostility and ill-treatment due to race, political, or religious beliefs.

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Egeria was a European Pilgrim who wrote about her journey to the Holy Land.

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The path of Jesus's last days is called the Sorrowful Way.

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Pilgrims were given Custody of the Holy Sites in the Holy Land.

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Famine prevented Christians from making the journey to the Holy Land.

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By the 17th Century, the Franciscans wanted to begin taking down the 'stations of the cross'.

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An indulgence is a way to reduce the amount of punishment after death.

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