Cappella Papale

Adoratio

Good Friday - Adoratio Crucis

Pope John XXIII adoring the the reliquary of the Holy Cross lying on the steps of the altar during a Good Friday ceremony in the Roman Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem. This way of adoration indicates that at least this ceremony was carried out in whole or in part according to the norms from before the Pius XII’s reform of the Holy Week.