21.   Before the service began, Valerie Haile carried a cross dedicated to her friend, slain student Rachel Scott.

22.   For the first time, John Paul walked and carried a cross for only a very small part of the Good Friday ceremony at the Colosseum.

23.   His condition forces him to forego many of his cherished traditions, such as carrying a cross around the Colosseum.

24.   Last year, the pope for the first time allowed others to help him carry a cross in the Good Friday procession around the Colosseum.

25.   Last year, still limping from hip replacement surgery, the pope chose not to carry the cross alone around the Colosseum for the first time.

26.   On Good Friday, John Paul walked and carried a cross for only a very small part of the ceremony at the Colosseum.

27.   Pope John Paul II, still limping after hip surgery, turned to others to help carry the cross in the Good Friday procession around the Colosseum.

28.   The others carrying the cross were a Filipino couple, youths from the Philippines, Italy, Argentina, China and Burundi and a Roman woman.

29.   Two crosses were carried in front, one for each victim, followed by two large flower wreaths and the priest.

30.   Weakened by his own sufferings, Pope John Paul II asked others to help carry the cross through the somber Good Friday procession for the first time.