Text transcribed from caption: C-30797 POPE IN HOLY WEEK RITES ROME -- Pope Paul VI is shown in Maundy Thursday and Good Friday ceremonies as he led the world's faithful in commemorating the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ. At top, left, the pontiff carries a large wooden cross up the Palatine Hill in Rome after participating in the Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross. The Pope prayed before each of the 14 Stations of the Cross situated at the Colosseum, the Arch of Constantine and the foot of Palatine Hill. At top, right, the Pope prays before one of the Stations in the Good Friday rite. At bottom, left, the pontiff prepares to wash the feet of 13 Latin American seminarians at the traditional Holy Thursday ceremony in the Basilica of St. John Lateran. In right photo the Pope kisses the feet of one of the seminarians. Known as the Mandatum, the foot-washing rite commemorates Christ's action at the institution of the Holy Eucharist when he washed the feet of the Apostles. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO. (KEY-3E-64-NAB)
