This devotion spread throughout Europe and was promulgated by the Franciscan friars in the 14th and 15th centuries. Eventually, the Stations of the Cross became an important catechetical tool ...

along with the Via Crucis or the Way of the Cross. Instead of the usual seven churches, Filipinos during the Spanish period visited 14 churches on foot, reciting all 14 stations at each church.

The Christian loves to follow the Way of the Cross in the Savior's footsteps. The Stations, from the Prætorium to Golgotha and the tomb, trace the passion and death of Christ, who by his holy ...