The 14 Stations of the Cross found on the walls of almost every Catholic church allow us to relive Christ’s final journey wherever we are. The former master of the Dominican Order considers the beauty and significance of this ancient devotion Virtually every Catholic church has the Stations of the Cross on its walls. Moving from one station to the next, we accompany Jesus on his short journey from the palace of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem, where he was condemned to death, to the Cross and then to his tomb. His brief and tortuous journey happened in a hot and dusty city in the Middle East 2,000 years ago. What sense does it make to re-enact it in churches from Alaska to Cape Town today? What is going on? This ancient devotion is the fruit of two traditions that are in fruitful tensi