{"id":331979,"date":"2026-04-04T03:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-leo-first-pontiff-in-decades-to-carry-cross-for-entire-good-friday-service\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T03:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:00:06","slug":"pope-leo-first-pontiff-in-decades-to-carry-cross-for-entire-good-friday-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-leo-first-pontiff-in-decades-to-carry-cross-for-entire-good-friday-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo first pontiff in decades to carry cross for entire Good Friday service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gGnBaImTtMg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo first pontiff in decades to carry cross for entire Good Friday service\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gGnBaImTtMg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo is the first pontiff in decades to carry the cross during the entire Good Friday Way of the Cross service, following John Paul II early in his papacy. 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