Jesus, played by Tony Diaz, falls with his cross as he is comforted by a child dressed as an angel during the Good Friday Via Crucis procession in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on March 29, 2024.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hundreds of people gathered in Pilsen on this Good Friday to reflect on Jesus' final hours. The community's Via Crucis is a sacred tradition, but immigration fears are casting a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- On this Good Friday, the faithful in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood re-created Jesus' final steps before his death. This is the 46th annual Via Crucis. Organizers said the Way of the ...

For Javier Jimenez, Good Friday is more than just an annual Christian tradition commemorating Jesus Christ’s death and crucifixion. It’s a reminder, he said, of the day he was inspired to start living ...

In the basement of St. Pius Church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, people set up a table with 13 chairs. The designated seaters shuffle in, carrying a goblet and a plate of bread. A few people stand ...

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Worshippers and onlookers follow the annual Via Crucis procession down 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) Eduardo Bahena portrays Jesus in the ...